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