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). -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech