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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

1102.0. "NEED HELP WITH AN ACCOUNT TRANSFER" by POLAR::ROBILLARDB () Wed Jul 22 1992 19:46

    
    	I`m not sure if this has already been dealt with. (If so please
    point me in the right direction.) The problem I`m having is when I
    try to transfer an account over the network the process suddenly dies
    and the log tell`s me nothing.
    
    	I`ve traced the problem to the execution of OA$LIB:MUA_PAT.COM.
    It get`s as far as the "prepare_filecab:" area and that`s when it
    apparently fails.
    
    	The OA$LOG:OA$MANAGER_PAT_username.log simply say`s:
    
    parse_user_name MANAGER
    %CREATE-I-EXISTS, OA$TRANSFER:[BUSHEYCHUCK] already exists
    xfer area = oa$transfer:[BUSHEYCHUCK]
    starting pass for user BUSHEY.CHUCK
    %CREATE-I-EXISTS, OA$TRANSFER:[BUSHEYCHUCK.BUSHEYCHUCK] already exists
    %CREATE-I-EXISTS, OA$TRANSFER:[BUSHEYCHUCK.BUSHEYCHUCK.DOCUMENTS]
    already exists
    
    Failed to process account BUSHEY.CHUCK
    
    Can anyone help me or point in the right direction?
    
    Thanks,
    Ben Robillard
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1102.1You're out of luckIOSG::TALLETTArranging bits for a living...Fri Jul 24 1992 20:0417
    
    	The "already exists" messages tell me you are in trouble.
    
    	It means that you have run PAT more than once on the same account
    	and this does not work. There are several notes in this conference
    	about this, and several STARS articles, but basically I would
    	suggest you get out the backups.
    
    	I also assume you are on V2.4 of ALL-IN-1, if you are on V3.0 then
    	disregard my remarks, all is well in V3.0 and it doesn't screw (to
    	use a technical term) the account if run multiple times.
    
    	The log file from the FIRST run of PAT would be useful and might
    	say what went wrong. Subsequent logfiles are not useful.
    
    Regards,
    Paul
1102.2still dumbfoundedPOLAR::ROBILLARDBMon Jul 27 1992 14:5417
    
    The "already exists message" are only informative messages. I`m
    assuming that the messages are pumped out when MUA_PAT.COM is run
    a second time and tries to re-create the OA$TRANSFER:[username...]
    directories and sub-directories. 
    
    Why do I need the backups? I`ve checked the account following every
    retry and I can read documents without any problems.
    
    I`ve verified all the STARS articles that I could find and all seems
    well with what I`m doing as well as with my proxies, account quotas
    etc..
    
    Any pointers to the notes ion this conference that would help?
    
    Thanks,
    Ben Robillardf
1102.3Take a traceIOSG::TALLETTArranging bits for a living...Mon Jul 27 1992 18:1411
    
    	Okay, if you say the account is okay then maybe I was too
    	swift to condemn it! :-) You don't need the other notes if
    	you don't need to recover.
    
    	Customise MUA_PAT.COM to add an OA$TRA_SET SCRIPT,SYMBOL,TERM
    	before it calls the script and post a *POINTER* to the logfile
    	and I'll take a peek.
    
    Regards,
    Paul
1102.4BAD MUA_PAT_ARCHIVE.COMPOLAR::ROBILLARDBMon Jul 27 1992 21:438
    
    	I got some help from the CSC group in Hull, Quebec and they helped
    	me with the trace you recomended. It ended up that my
    	MUA_PAT_ARCHIVE.scp had been hacked by someone. We got a clean
    	one from the non-"SITE" directory.
    
    	Thanks,
    	Ben Robillard