Re: $SETUAI() Query/Problem

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Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:14:08 -0000

"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ad6dnX9EqrC4eIfdRVn-hA@comcast.com...
> I seem to recall that the logicals used by SYSUAF must be defined in
> EXECUTIVE_MODE. They need not be in the system table but must be
> /EXEC. This applies to SYSUAF, RIGHTSLIST, NETPROXY and NET$PROXY.

Unfortunately, I've tried /EXEC too, but still no cigar.

I'm loathe to temporarily remove the defintion from the system table
on my development system (because I'm not the only person who uses it,
and deassigning it would cause a few login problems for everyone else,
let alone the batch jobs that run at unpredictable intervals).

However, it would at least prove whether or not $GETUAI()/$SETUAI()
only uses the system table definition, or whether or not it then falls
back to using any other logical defintion.

The only thing I can see as a possibility would be going back to Bob's
response(ish), in that you can specify an optional context used to
maintain an open channel to the authorisation file; if it was possible
to hijack usage of this, and somehow get UAF to use a.n.other channel
that one manually opens to the remote UAF - but I've no idea how the
"channel" is actually opened by $GETUAI() or $SETUAI(), although I
would guess it is probably $OPEN().

As for then setting up the FAB for indexed file access - well, that's
unchartered territory for me, filled with potential landmines if one
doesn't get it right (related to which is the $GETUAI() documentation
warning about not using the context returned by it, as a context for
then passing to $SETUAI(); for what I'm sure is a very good reason,
even if the developers or documentation authors chose not to explain
why).

Mark

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