Re: AUTHORISING A MNTNER OBJECT

[Shane Kerr <]

Amarath Ou wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I am attempting to edit the inetnum object as per below,
>
> ----
> CREATION REQUESTED FOR:
>
> inetnum:        85.31.168.0 - 85.31.168.255
> netname:        IPLAY
> descr:          IPLAY Operation
> country:        GB
> admin-c:        AO1121-RIPE
> tech-c:         AF3669-RIPE
> status:         ASSIGNED PA
> mnt-by:         MNT-AMO-IPLAY
> changed:        amarath.ou@localhost 20050714
> source:         RIPE
>
> Unfortunately the change failed due to "the proper
> authorisation for any of the mentioned maintainers".
>
> Ca you please advise on any reference material/document or process 
> which may assist in authorising the mnt-by object.
For this object, you need authorisation from the parent object:

inetnum:        85.31.168.0 - 85.31.175.255
netname:        UK-DIGITALBRIDGES-20050713
descr:          Digital Bridges Ltd
country:        GB
org:            ORG-DBL1-RIPE
admin-c:        AO1121-RIPE
tech-c:         AO1121-RIPE
status:         ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower:      IPLAY
mnt-routes:     IPLAY
notify:         ops@localhost
changed:        hostmaster@localhost 20050713
source:         RIPE

Since it has "mnt-lower: IPLAY", you need to add the password from this 
maintainer:

mntner:         IPLAY
descr:          Digital Bridges Ltd t/a IPLAY
admin-c:        AO1121-RIPE
upd-to:         ops@localhost
auth:           MD5-PW $1$QkJrGpFZ$KRCKdc9MoMvFW7FAfadJ//
mnt-by:         IPLAY
referral-by:    RIPE-DBM-MNT
changed:        hostmaster@localhost 20050711
source:         RIPE

You also need authorisation from the maintainer on the new object, so 
you must include the password from this maintainer:

mntner:         MNT-AMO-IPLAY
descr:          Amarath Ou
admin-c:        AO1121-RIPE
upd-to:         ops@localhost
auth:           MD5-PW $1$mTJqR//f$eNnsXyLXC6UXRCSLnfpHd/
mnt-by:         MNT-AMO-IPLAY
referral-by:    RIPE-DBM-MNT
changed:        ops@localhost 20050713
source:         RIPE

The easiest way to do this is to add:

password: your_passphrase

To the update.

If you want to know more, you may want to go through the "getting 
started" guide:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/db-start.html

Also, you can always contact ripe-dbm@localhost for assistance.

--
Shane Kerr
RIPE NCC