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Conference vaxaxp::vmsnotes

Title:	VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:	This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:	VAXAXP::BERNARDO

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1997
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	703
Total number of notes:	3722

185.0. "mcr oddity" by STAR::PCLARK () Wed Feb 12 1997 10:00

  I inherited an Alpha V6.2 system that mostly appears to be standard.
  However, the "mcr" command or some configuration property supporting
  that command must be out of spec:

	1. if i set def to sys$system, "mcr authorize" works as
	   expected

	2. if my default directory is not sys$system, "mcr authorize"
	   reports various problems, ranging from "unable to open
	   ... do you want to create a new file?" to variants that
	   i can't remember/reproduce

  As far as I can tell, sys$sysroot and sys$common have reasonable
  definitions.

  What else should I look at?

  Paul Clark

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
185.1	MCR is fine	WAYLAY::GORDON	Resident Lightning Designer	`Wed Feb 12 1997 10:24`	20
	Ummm... Authorize is looking for SYSUAF.DAT. That's the file that can't be found. Waylay-V7.1> sh log sysuaf "SYSUAF" = "SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]SYSUAF.DAT" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) Waylay-V7.1> sh def USER1:[GORDON] Waylay-V7.1> mc authorize UAF> Waylay-V7.1> deass/sys/exec sysuaf Waylay-V7.1> mc authorize Unable to open system authorization file (SYSUAF.DAT) File not found Do you want to create a new file? --Doug
185.2	Define SYSUAF	WHOS01::BOWERS	Dave Bowers, NSIS/IM	`Wed Feb 12 1997 10:30`	7
	You are probably used to having the logical SYSUAF defined as SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT. Without this definition your default directory MUST be SYS$SYSTEM in order for authorize to find the "real" sysuaf. If you set default to SYS$SYSTEM, then "mcr authorize" and "run authorize" are equivalent, since "mcr foo" is really nothing more than "run sys$system:foo".
185.3	Four Logicals For Security Database...	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Wed Feb 12 1997 10:40`	4
	You'll need to define SYSUAF, NETPROXY, NET$PROXY, and RIGHTSLIST. You're probably accustomed to working on a VMScluster or system that already had these logical names defined.