[Info-vax] Removing /identifier from rights list

[Bob Gezelter]

On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 8:56:17 AM UTC-4, RGB wrote:
> Hi y'all!
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> 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.
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> Here's an example of one of my users with odd/corrupt id's.
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>  .........~ö.....                 %X800100C5      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100C6      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100C7      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100C8      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100CA      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100CB      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100CD      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100CE      
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>   .........~ö.....                 %X800100CF
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> 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.
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> Anyone know if there is a way to do this at all?

RGB,

I would be careful about rolling in backups. The source of the problem is unknown, and the extent (or lack thereof) of the damage is indeterminate (In any event, I would strongly recommend preserving the damaged virtual volume for analysis).

As has been noted, it is possible to manually modify RIGHTSLIST, but I would want to make sure that the system is quiescent at that point.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com