Dear Peter, The maintainer AS9179-MNT maintains quite a lot of objects in the database. Do you want it removed from all of these or just some of them? Can you let us know which objects you no longer wish to be associated with. Regards Denis Walker RIPE NCC Database Administration On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:00:03 +0100, Knowtion Hostmaster Role Account wrote: * > You could consider contacting the relevant contacts related to the objects * > in question. They may have their own maintainer they want to place on the * > objects, in which case you could send an update with the new maintainer as * the * > mnt-by: attribute. * * They do not respond. Let us assume that the actual contacts are either * 'stupid' or 'hostile'. What then ? * * Peter * * > If need be the following URL provides information on the creation of a new * > maintainer: * > * > <Maintainer Creation Procedure> * > * http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/Maintainer_Creation_Procedure.ht * ml * > * > Please contact me if you require further assistance. * > * > * > Kind regards, * > * > Winston Schenkers * > RIPE NCC * > * > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:03:16 +0100, Knowtion Hostmaster Role Account * wrote: * > * > You are correct to say that you can not remove a maintainer from a * > * <aut-num> * > * > object without adding a new one. * > * > * > * > The attribute <mnt-by> in the <aut-num> object is mandatory, the AS * number * > * > AS9179 is part of the <as-block> from the RIPE NCC, and if correct the * > * > maintainer <AS9179-MNT> is being maintained by yourselves. * > * * > * How can I phrase this better ? * > * * > * AS9179-MNT (me / my company) is the current but out-of-date maintainer * on an * > * object. Without deleting the object (as it is not relly mine) how can I * > * cease being associated with it ? * > * * > * I (AS9179-MNT) no longer am the maintainer of various objects that * really * > * belong to the company X in the UK. My company has not been associated * with * > * them or provided services to them for sometime. * > * * > * Is it good and recommended practice therefore for me to just delete the * > * objects - this may affect someones service ? * > * * > * cc'ed to lir-wg in case anyone has a better idea... * > * * > * Petr * > * * > *