Re: Rhyme nor reason

It has always been my understanding that "Users" should not even have access
to UPDDTA, as it is a very powerful and can be a very dangerous tool.  Are
there not other measures that you can use that can easily be monitored.


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: 09 November 1999 21:48
Subject: Re: Rhyme nor reason


> HwaRangRon@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Just grasping at straws here, but does it only happen when two users are
accessing the file at the same time and then only to the second user?
>
> It happens at ALL times when someone else tries to use the UPDDTA
> program on the file.  Whether anyone else is in it or not.  I have not
ever
> gotten another user to successfully browse the file using UPDDTA.
Although
> I have really only tried 2 so far, myself and the other user.  And
creating a new
> account.
>
> > Are you using the standard error message file, or has someone overridden
it somehow to a different message?
>
> Yes, standard error message files.
>
> > Is the file level check no?
>
> Not sure where to look for that, but it does have a Format Level
Identifier
> that is not 0 (as I understand it, with level check *no the Format Level
> Identifier is 0).
>
> > Is it damaged ?
>
> Not that I have found.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
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