[Info-vax] Removing /identifier from rights list

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2014-09-24 12:56:17 +0000, RGB said:

> I think I might have a corrupt rightslist.dat file but short of 
> deleting it and recreating a new one - horror of all horrors - I'm 
> trying to figure out a way of deleting an identifier by its value 
> attribute.

Are there any errors reported with the RIGHTSLIST file and the ANALYZE 
/RMS command?

It would help to explain why do you believe that the RIGHTLIST file is 
corrupt, and what symptoms or errors or problems are being observed.

Clustered?  If clustered, is the same RIGHTSLIST shared by all cluster members?

VMS version, too.  (Some of the older stuff did occasionally have 
errors, and older VMS versions are a good sign of poor system 
maintenance or of perceived or actual external constraints.)


> Here's an example of one of my users with odd/corrupt id's.
> 
>  .........~ö.....                 %X800100C5       .........~ö.....     
>             %X800100C6       .........~ö.....                 
> %X800100C7       .........~ö.....                 %X800100C8       
> .........~ö.....                 %X800100CA       .........~ö.....      
>            %X800100CB       .........~ö.....                 %X800100CD 
>       .........~ö.....                 %X800100CE       
> .........~ö.....                 %X800100CF
> 
> I don't know if it's possible but I'm trying to figure out a way of 
> removing the suspect id's via the '%X8xxxxx" value.
> 
> Anyone know if there is a way to do this at all?

Those don't appear to be particularly unusual identifiers.  
<http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1809>

FWIW, if you eventually need to do some ACL-related cleaning due to a 
RIGHTSLIST configuration error, there's a scrubbing tool available 
<http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/426>



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