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From: shull@SCROLLS.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU (Christopher E. Shull)
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Subject: Re: newaliases -> cannot make /usr/lib/aliases.pag: Bad file number
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Date: 10 Feb 89 23:33:42 GMT
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Thanks to the folks who offered suggestions on my "newaliases -> cannot make
/usr/lib/aliases.pag: Bad file number" problem.  In case anyone wonders, I
tried a whole bunch of different things short of shutting down the system,
but in the end, I had to shut and reboot.  Only this seems to solved this
problem.

My next question is how folks deal with TCP/IP problems.  Again, I am running
BSD4.2 TCP/IP 3.1 on SR9.7.1.  The only common problem is the dreaded:

        socket: I/O error

from the telnet, ftp, and mail programs.  I currently recommend the following
steps to my users:

        1)  "# ps -aug" or "$ pst" to make sure desirable
            processes are not running on the node,
        2)  logout,
        3)  exit (from the "login:" prompt),
        4)  go ( at the ")" prompt),
        5)  log back in and try again.

This seems to work 99% of the time, but sometimes shutting down all the way
is necessary.

-Chris

Christopher E. Shull              
Decision Sciences Department                                             
The Wharton School                      shull@wharton.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania              shull@scrolls.wharton.upenn.edu
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6366            215/898-5930
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