--- loncom/lond	2003/08/12 03:28:31	1.134
+++ loncom/lond	2003/08/12 09:39:23	1.135
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.134 2003/08/12 03:28:31 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.135 2003/08/12 09:39:23 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
 #      population).  Since the time averaged connection rate is close to zero
 #      because lonc's purpose is to maintain near continuous connnections,
 #      preforking is not really needed.
+# 08/xx/2003 Ron Fox:  Add management requests.  Management requests
+#      will be validated via a call to ValidateManager. At present, this
+#      is done by simple host verification.  In the future we can modify
+#      this function to do a certificate check.
+#      Management functions supported include:
+#       - pushing /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab
+#       - pushing /home/httpd/lonTabs/domain.tab
 ###
 
 use strict;
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.134 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.135 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid;
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -2381,6 +2388,17 @@ Send along temporarily stored informatio
 
 List part of a user's directory.
 
+=item pushtable
+
+Pushes a file in /home/httpd/lonTab directory.  Currently limited to:
+hosts.tab and domain.tab. The old file is copied to  *.tab.backup but
+must be restored manually in case of a problem with the new table file.
+pushtable requires that the request be encrypted and validated via
+ValidateManager.  The form of the command is:
+enc:pushtable tablename <tablecontents> \n
+where pushtable, tablename and <tablecontents> will be encrypted, but \n is a 
+cleartext newline.
+
 =item Hanging up (exit or init)
 
 What to do when a client tells the server that they (the client)
@@ -2391,6 +2409,7 @@ are leaving the network.
 If B<lond> is sent an unknown command (not in the list above),
 it replys to the client "unknown_cmd".
 
+
 =item UNKNOWN CLIENT
 
 If the anti-spoofing algorithm cannot verify the client,