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From: rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: problems with registry, local reg. full & unknown users
Message-ID: <4e061fbd.1bc5b@pisa.ifs.umich.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 90 16:22:44 GMT
References: <820@bacchus.esa.oz>
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I tried to mail this direct to robi@bacchus.esa.oz (RoBeRt KaRp), but
couldn't get an MX record.  I don't think there is a top-level "oz" domain,
I think it's under "au" -- time to check your news software.

In article <820@bacchus.esa.oz> you write:
  ?(edrgy) Can't copy "dale.none.none" - local registry is full
     :
     :
  What on earth is going on ???

The local registry is a cache, and its size is fixed.  If all your
registries are working properly, there isn't any need to copy anything into
the local registry.

  Also, I can never seem to delete people/accounts properly from the
  registry. If I try to delete them, it tells me that that they
  are not there, but if I do a synch (or whatever), it tells me
  they are marked invalid for login. I want them gone for good.

They are gone from the registry, but not from the local registry.  You can
delete them from the local registry by running 'edrgy -l' and then deleting
them.  This will free up space for your "copy" too.

Obligatory nit-picking Apollo bashing:
Seems to me that "synch" should delete non-existent entries rather than just
marking them invalid.  Also, that should be "sync," not "synch."