Hello, I'm having constant failures with me attempting to use the test database on RIPE. The following is what I send to test-dbm@ripe.net person: Richard Greasley address: Caribsurf LTD High street 12 St.Morry Mead Essex, UK phone: +23 1737 892 004 e-mail: john.smith@example.com nic-hdl: AUTO-1 mnt-by: EXAMPLE-MNT remarks: ******************************* remarks: This object is only an example!! remarks: Please work example remarks: ******************************* changed: richardg@blue-stream.net 20040116 source: TEST ************************************** Below is the error I get from ripe-dbm@ripe.net SUMMARY OF UPDATE: Number of objects found: 1 Number of objects processed successfully: 0 Create: 0 Modify: 0 Delete: 0 No Operation: 0 Number of objects processed with errors: 1 Create: 1 Modify: 0 Delete: 0 Syntax Errors: 0 DETAILED EXPLANATION: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following object(s) were found to have ERRORS: --- Create FAILED: [person] AUTO-1 ***Error: Authorisation failed ***Info: Syntax check passed person: Richard Greasley address: Caribsurf LTD High street 12 St.Morry Mead Essex, UK phone: +23 1737 892 004 e-mail: richardg@blue-stream.net nic-hdl: AUTO-1 mnt-by: EXAMPLE-MNT remarks: ******************************* remarks: This object is only an example!! remarks: Please work example remarks: ******************************* changed: richardg@blue-stream.net 20040116 source: TEST ***Info: Authorisation for [person] AUTO-1 using mnt-by: not authenticated by: EXAMPLE-MNT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any assistance on this will be greatly appreciated. regards, Richard Greasley.