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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

993.0. "No MAIN drawer" by LEMAN::PUNKIE::REGINA (Carrie's in the carrot land) Mon Jul 06 1992 16:52

We had our V3.0 upgrade this weekend. There is one user who has

	* No drawer main
	* a drawer PRINCIPAL
	* an empty FILECAB.DAT
	* one drawer structure [user.a1] (PRINCIPAL is pointing there)

The user says he has not done anything special. He can't access his mail.

Would a complete backup of his account (just in case), delete of his 
PRINCIPAL drawer, recreation of MAIN and eventually restore of his files 
be enough, or is a recreation of his account better?

Any other suggestions?
Thanks/rhr
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993.1PRINCIPAL is okayIOSG::TALLETTArranging bits for a living...Mon Jul 06 1992 18:2717
    
    	If the user has FRENCH as his language, then his drawer is
    	*supposed* to be called PRINCIPAL (after all, you can see the
    	name in the UI, right?)
    
    	Are you saying we didn't seed the FILECAB.DAT when he first
    	entered ALL-IN-1??
    
    	The fact that he doesn't have a drawer called MAIN is nothing
    	special. He *MUST* have a drawer with the default flag set or
    	mail will probably go wrong.
    
    	Would this be a TeamLinks user? I think it is easy to get into
    	this situation with BL8 TeamLinks and ALL-IN-1 V3.0 SSB.
    
    Regards,
    Paul
993.2PRINCIPAL not ok for usLEMAN::PUNKIE::REGINACarrie's in the carrot landTue Jul 07 1992 08:1313
Paul,


PRINCIPAL is not ok. It seems his language field was FRENCH (don't 
ask me why, we have always been running ALL-IN-1 US!).

This would explain why it happened. Now I just want to make sure
that the correct steps are taken to get him back to MAIN.

Does s.o. have some bright ideas?

Thanx in advance/rhr
993.3Should do the trickIOSG::STANDAGEOink...Oink...MoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooTue Jul 07 1992 08:5531
    
    
    rhr,
    
    Firstly, change his language field in the profile from FRENCH to
    whatever it should be !
    
    I *think* all you'll need to do is re-seed the PARTITION.DAT with the
    correct information.
    
    To do this, enter ALL-IN_1 from the managers account and do the
    following :
    
    	<GET #OAFC_SEED_USER = "<the ALL-IN-1 username you wish to fix>"
     	<DO OA$LIB:OAFC$PART_SEED
    
    Afterwards, check the partition seeding log in:
    
        OA$LOG:OAFC$PART_SEED.LOG
    
    ...which should contain a single entry for the specific user you've
    attempted to seed.
    
    
    *Hopefully*, that should put things right....
    
    
    Kevin.
    ~~~~~~
993.4Step by stepIOSG::TALLETTArranging bits for a living...Tue Jul 07 1992 09:2736
    
    	You still don't say *WHY* PRINCIPAL is not okay for you. What's
    	in a name? :-)
    
    	I don't think re-seeding is the answer, you will still have
    	the "ghost" of PRINCIPAL hanging around. Try this:
    
    	Correct the users language in the PROFIL so that you won't get
    	this problem coming back.
    
    	SM MFC MD (Manage Drawers)
    
    	SEL
    
    	Drawer Name: [user]PRINCIPAL
    
    	REM (this "un-seeds" the partition, removing the record)
    
    	MP (to go to Manage Partitions [don't ask!])
    
    	ADD
    
    	[user]MAIN
    
    	You know the rest (Enabled = Y, Mail = Y)
    
    	Now make sure no-one has this user's FILECAB.DAT open (SHOW
    	DEV/FILES) and RENAME it (effectively deleting it).
    
    	Now when you enter ALL-IN-1, you should get a MAIN record added
    	to a newly created FILECAB.DAT (assuming the language is now correct).
    
    	Let us know...
    
    Regards,
    Paul
993.5LEMAN::PUNKIE::REGINACarrie&#039;s in the carrot landTue Jul 07 1992 10:5514
Ok, thanks for all your hints on how to proceed correctly.

in the meantime I cured it the rude way, delete account, recreate, copy back 
(except FILECAB).

I guess in some weeks I know best how to fiddle around with partitions...

Still, I wonder why his FILECAB.DAT was empty. I will try this
on of the other clusters we have to do to see if it is reproducable 
when language is FRENCH.

Best regards
Regina