On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:10:23 +1000, Marco Ostini <[log in to unmask]> said:
> So, being a bit of a hacker (NOT Cracker) I had a look in the .LIST file
> for the list in question and edited the owner portion of it so that it was
> my email address instead of my predecessor.
You didn't edit it in-place, rather than with a GET/PUT pair or the Web
interface? Did you? Please say you didn't...
> Now if I run:
> lcmd \\ourserver show lists
> I get this lovely response quite a number of times;
>
> >>> Error X'00280073' opening file C:\LISTSERV\MAIN\AS_STAFF.LIST <<<
> -> Severity: Error
> -> Facility: LFxxx routines
> -> Abstract: Internal file structure corrupted
> -> I/O mode: Record read
Umm.. Guess you did. ;)
> Please help me out of this. I need to:
>
> 1) take control of all the lists
Getting yourself listed as the Postmaster should do it..
> 2) repair the corruption in the as_staff list
You *do* have backups, right?
> 3) add and remove users as necessary - this is becoming critical
Solving (1) and/or (2) will fix (3).
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech