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Article #86Error accessing SYSUAF file
From: dsroberts
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:58
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:58
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We decided to radically change our approach to system startup for our cluster. It takes a very long time and the way we were doing it is very confusing. So we designed a table driven startup, and tried it Sunday. Everything seemed to work okay, except for one glitch. Login attempts get the error: "Error accessing system authorization file" "Error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation" Okay, sez I, the logical SYSUAF isn't defined properly. So, $ SHOW LOGICAL /FULL SYSUAF: "SYSUAF" = "BII$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT" Hmm. exactly the same as the old startup. How about BII$SYSTEM? "BII$SYSTEM" = "$1$DUA1:[BII.SYS]" Also the same. Well, does the file exist? $ directory sysuaf Directory $1$DUA1:[BII.SYS] SYSUAF.DAT;3 Total of 1 file. Yep, the file exists. It is indeed the same sysuaf used on all nodes in the cluster. I ran out of test time, so back to the old startup, and that works fine. Anyone got any ideas what could cause this problem? -- Don Roberts Internet: dsroberts@beckman.com Beckman Instruments, Inc. Phone: 714/961-3029 2500 Harbor Bl. Mailstop X-12 FAX: 714/961-3351 Fullerton, CA 92634 Disclaimer: Blame me, not Beckman. This was probably the most disastrous election result for the American people since James Buchanon became president. Heaven help us.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!usc!news.service.uci.edu!beckman.com!dsroberts From: dsroberts@beckman.com Newsgroups: vmsnet.sysmgt,comp.os.vms Subject: Error accessing SYSUAF file Message-ID: <1992Nov16.115823.1041@beckman.com> Date: 16 Nov 92 11:58:23 PDT Organization: Beckman Instruments Lines: 34