Short:    Displays hardware config. to remote user
Author:   mjaecks@wazoo.com (Michael Jaecks)
Uploader: mjaecks@wazoo.com (Michael Jaecks)
Type:     comm/tcp
Replaces: shocon10.lha


                                  ShoCon V1.0
                               ShoCon.serv V1.1

                               Copyright © 1996
                                      by
                                Michael Jaecks


                                   FREEWARE


What is it?
-----------

  I thought it would be interesting to see how other user's systems were
  configured, so I wrote "ShoCon.serv".  You might ask why not include all
  the information in my .path file for use with "finger" instead?  Well,
  I'm a "real-time" kind of guy. :)

  "ShoCon.serv" is a server called automatically anytime port 999 is
  accessed.  When such a port call is received, the server will send the
  output from "ShowConfig", "Avail" and "Info" over the internet to the
  requesting party.  Thus, anyone can see exactly what hardware, memory and
  drives are being used by you.

  The "ShoCon" program is just a quick CLI utility that calls the host
  address of a user on port 999.  It then prints out the corresponding
  information from the remote hosts "ShoCon.serv" program.  You must specify
  the host address on the command line, for instance

    >ShoCon dialup30.spasm.com

  You can also use "letnet" by entering

    >letnet dialup30.spasm.com 999

  Remember that the output will be displayed in the current shell's window.

  To test it out for yourself, you can just enter something like

    >ShoCon $hostname


Requirements
------------

  OS 2.0+
  AmiTCP 4.0+
  Internet connection
  inetd active
  TCP: device active

  If you are running the server:

    In your path, you should have the following programs:

      Avail
      Info
      ShowConfig

    You should also have the following environment variables set accordingly:

      REALNAME
      USERNAME
      HOSTNAME (Your "startnet" script should set this automatically)
      EMAILADDR (May not be same as USERNAME@HOSTNAME for some of us)
      COMPUTER (Mine's set to "Amiga 1200")


History
-------

  1.0     Initial Release

  1.1     ADD - ShoCon.serv

                Now prints out your real name and email address via the
                REALNAME/EMAILADDR environment variables.


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   11140    7038 36.8% 26-May-96 01:30:00  ShoCon
    3164    1440 54.4% 26-May-96 12:59:24  ShoCon.doc
   13820    8700 37.0% 26-May-96 13:02:46  ShoCon.serv
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   28124   17178 38.9% 29-May-96 04:59:00   3 files