Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!woods
From: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Ultrix DECnet
Message-ID: <3723@ncar.ucar.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 89 16:46:31 GMT
Reply-To: woods@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods)
Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR, Boulder CO
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I am running a TCP to DECnet gateway using Ultrix 2.2-1 on a Microvax II.
It has been working very well until just recently. Now people attempting
to use the gateway from the SPAN side are getting messages about insufficient
system resources, such as

%COPY-E-OPENIN, error opening 9580"host!user password"::"file" as input
-RMS-E-ACC, ACP file access failed
-SYSTEM-F-REMRSRC, insufficient system resources at remote node

The only messages on the machine itself are syslog entries of the form
"dnet_spawner: process exited". Not very helpful.

Attempted mailing through the gateway is also failing with an apparently
similar problem about mail11 not being able to create a socket.

There have been *NO* changes made to any of the software on this machine
since it was brought up a year ago. It is possible that usage patterns
have changed, but I don't know how to determine this.

At any rate, does anyone know if there is anything I can do to increase
"system resources", or have any idea why this problem would have suddenly
come up? If it matters, I am a UNIX expert and fairly knowledgeable about
TCP, but know almost nothing about VMS or DECnet.

--Greg