| Title: | PATHWORKS for OSF/1 |
| Notice: | see also NOTED::PWDOSWINV5 (PW client) & TURRIS::DIGITAL_UNIX |
| Moderator: | CPEEDY::LONG |
| Created: | Thu Apr 22 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1874 |
| Total number of notes: | 6870 |
Hi,
A customer is using Pathworks for OSF v5.0F. Suddenly, they find the
following problem:
When they try to add a new PW account they receive an error message:
"NET2224 The user account already exists"
The screen reads the message if they add the accounts from PWADMIN or
using NET USER /ADD.
Command NET USER displays all accounts and no problem.
The new account isn't in the /etc/passwd file.
Accounts.lmx file protections is O.K.
They cannot add any new account.
Any idea, please?
Thanks in advance for your prompt replies,
Lidia
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| 1853.1 | CPEEDY::HORGAN | Tue May 13 1997 20:36 | 6 | ||
How many users do they have? What's the size of the accounts.lmx file? Have they done permit trees? They will need to upgrade from 5.0F. Julia | |||||
| 1853.2 | ACCOUNTS.LMX size | TARUGO::LIDIA | Wed May 14 1997 13:25 | 16 | |
Hi,
They are 60 users. The ACCOUNTS.LMX size is 2572000 bytes.
Yes, they're using lot of permit trees. I see on this conference many
replies talking about this problem, but I see it isn't possible rebuild
the ACCOUNT.LMX file. What must they do? Can they revoke all the
permissions in the directory tree except root? Not like VMS I
understand PW UNIX checks the permissions until the root, then it isn't
useful to use any Permit Tree.
Why do you say they need to upgrade version? I don't find 5.0G fix the
problem.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
Lidia
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| 1853.3 | CPEEDY::HORGAN | Wed May 14 1997 20:22 | 8 | ||
Using permit trees usually isn't necessary and it does cause alot of problems. If I remember correctly, I don't think revoking the permissions will help clear the problem. You may have a corrupt account.lmx. 5.0F is no longer a supported kit. It's quite a few revs back. Julia | |||||