no records found - but data files exist

[David Blacka]

On Oct 10, 2005, at 9:21 PM, Chris Zane wrote:

> we got 1.5 rwhois running on our solaris box. Most records work -  
> however there is one record that exists in the data directory,  
> shows up in an -xfer but does not show up when doing a rwhois query.
>
> I understand that the rwhois query uses the index files - and a  
> quick read through the index files turns up the lack of an entry  
> for this particular record.

Well, not being indexed certainly explains why the record wouldn't be  
found!

> Any ideas why the record isn't being indexed? I've recreated it by  
> hand and through our automated system a few times with no luck.
>
> Records around it seem to work fine...
>
> [dimwit:~] czane% whois -h rwhois.netenterprise.net -p 4321  
> 66.180.151.0
> %rwhois V-1.5:003eff:00 rwhois.netenterprise.net (by Network  
> Solutions, Inc. V-1.5.9.3)
> %error 230 No Objects Found
>
>
> from index-cidr-0.ndx:
>
> --snip--
> 0:141:0:8:066:180:150:192/29
> 0:142:0:8:066:180:150:200/29
> 0:152:0:8:066:180:152:000/24
> 0:170:0:8:066:180:154:008/29
> --snip--
>
>
> # ls -la 66.180.151.0-24.txt
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   nobody       272 Oct 10 15:17  
> 66.180.151.0-24.txt
>
> # more 66.180.151.0-24.txt
> Auth-Area: 66.180.128.0/19
> IP-Network: 66.180.151.0/24
> Network-Name: 33HAW0500.netenterprise.net
> Organization: some org
> Tech-Contact: org-email
> Admin-Contact: admin-email
> Created: 20030731
> Updated: 20051010
> Updated-By: noc at netenterprise.net
> ---
>
> any ideas on why the indexer isn't picking up the record?

I don't see the problem in what you posted.  How is the indexer being  
invoked? Are other attributes of that record indexed (e.g. the  
Network-Name)?  (I would guess that the file *is* being indexed,  
since it shows up in the -xfer, but I could be wrong).

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David Blacka    <davidb at verisignlabs.com>
Sr. Engineer    VeriSign Applied Research