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Title:Alpha Developer Support
Notice:[email protected], 800-332-4786
Moderator:HYDRA::SYSTEM
Created:Mon Jun 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3722
Total number of notes:11359

3319.0. "Morgan Software" by KZIN::HUDSON (That's what I think) Thu Mar 13 1997 05:30

    Company Name :  Morgan Software
    Contact Name :  Doyle Davidson
    Phone        :  1-770 612-8282
    Fax          :  1-770 242-7993
    Email        :  [email protected]
    Date/Time in :  13-MAR-1997 10:29:55
    Entered by   :  Nick Hudson
    SPE center   :  REO

    Category     :  UNIX
    OS Version   :  
    System H/W   :  alpha


    Brief Description of Problem:
    -----------------------------

To whom it may concern,

I am attempting to build a "setld distribution kit" and am having a
question as to how to set a particular file characteristic:

    When the "kits" command is run, it generates the inventory file
    based on the current file atrtibutes.  Specifically "user id" 
    is specified numerically. 

    Problem:  I want to specify a "text user ID" since the user ID
    that the files should belong to may not have the same numeric user
    ID as the system generating the kit.  Ex:  I want the file to
    belong to "joe".  My UID for joe may be 300, but on the customer's
    system it may be 400.

    Question:  Must I always edit the ".inv" inventory files manually
    after execution of the "kits" command?  Or is there some other
    proper method to specify the user name?

Thanks in advance!!

Doyle
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Doyle C. Davidson                     Email: [email protected]
Director - Unix Systems Development   Phone: (770) 612-8282
Morgan Software - Atlanta, Georgia    FAX:   (770) 242-7993

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3319.1digital_unix #9200KZIN::HUDSONThat's what I thinkMon Mar 17 1997 09:2020
From:	DEC:.REO.REOVTX::HUDSON       "[email protected] - UK Software
Partner Engineering 830-4121" 17-MAR-1997 14:20:25.89
To:	nm%vbormc::"[email protected]"
CC:	HUDSON
Subj:	RE: FWD: SETLD KITS help

Hello Doyle Davidson,

Thanks for your ASAP call on making "kits" use specific UIDs.

From what I can see, there isn't a way to do what you want other than, as you
mention, editing the ".inv" file yourself.

But I have forwarded your question to the engineering group in case someone
there can come up with a clever suggestion.  I will let you know what they say

Regards

Nick Hudson
Digital Software Partner Engineering
3319.2KZIN::HUDSONThat's what I thinkFri Mar 21 1997 11:1621
From:	DEC:.REO.REOVTX::HUDSON       "[email protected] - UK Software
Partner Engineering 830-4121" 21-MAR-1997 16:15:07.67
To:	nm%vbormc::"[email protected]"
CC:	HUDSON
Subj:	re:setld kits help

Hello Doyle

The answer back from engineering is that there isn't a way to make the "kits"
command behave as you want.

They also discourage editing the ".inv" file to change the file ownership; they
suggest that a better approach would be to install the files concerned with one
UID and change the file ownership subsequently, using a subset control program
(see chapter 3 of the "Guide to Preparing Product Kits")

Regards

Nick Hudson

Digital Software Partner Engineering