ShoCon V1.0
                               ShoCon.serv V1.1

                               Copyright © 1996
                                      by
                                Michael Jaecks


                                   FREEWARE


Requirements
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  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 the same as USERNAME@HOSTNAME for all of us)
      COMPUTER (Mine's set to "Amiga 1200")

Disclaimer
----------

  I take no responsibility for any damage caused to you, your hardware or
  software by the usage of "ShoCon" or "ShoCon.serv".

  Please use these programs at your own risk!

  If you are a very insecure person, then this utility may not be for you. :)


Distribution
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  These files may freely redistributed.  No monetary charge shall be made for
  these files, unless it covers the cost of shipping and the disk or it is
  part of the Aminet CD collection.


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


Installation
------------

  1) To install the files, just

       copy "ShoCon.serv" to AmiTCP:serv/

     and

       copy "ShoCon" to AmiTCP:bin/

  2) Now you should add the following line to AmiTCP:db/inetd.conf

       ShoCon      stream tcp nowait nobody amitcp:serv/ShoCon.serv

  3) and add the following line to AmiTCP:db/services

       ShoCon      999/tcp

  That's it!


Bugs, Comments or Questions?
----------------------------

  Email: mjaecks@wazoo.com

  IRC: MotoXR


History
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  1.0     Initial Release

  1.1     ADD - ShoCon.serv

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