JON@UCLASTRO.BITNET (01/29/88)
To All,
Hopefully a simple question: On a 750 running VMS 4.3, we are
having problems with MAIL. When a regular user tries to run mail,
the following error occurs:
%SMG-F-UNDTERNOP, undefined termianl - couldn't access private terminal table
However, when logged in as SYSTEM, all works fine. A SHOW TERMINAL shows
the device as a vt100 (in both cases). There are no private terminal tables
defined, and SMG$TERMTABLE is installed. In fact, all seems to be set up
exactly as another 750 we have which works fine. Help!!
Thanks for your time,
Jonathan Eisenhamer
UCLA Astronomy
jon@uclastro.bitnet
bonnie::jon (span 5828)
-------LEICHTER@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU ("Jerry Leichter ", LEICHTER-JERRY@CS.YALE.EDU) (02/09/88)
Hopefully a simple question: On a 750 running VMS 4.3, we are having problems with MAIL. When a regular user tries to run mail, the following error occurs: %SMG-F-UNDTERNOP, undefined terminal - couldn't access private terminal table However, when logged in as SYSTEM, all works fine. A SHOW TERMINAL shows the device as a vt100 (in both cases). There are no private terminal tables defined, and SMG$TERMTABLE is installed. In fact, all seems to be set up exactly as another 750 we have which works fine. The fact that this works from SYSTEM, but not from user accounts, suggests one of two possibilities: a) TERMTABLE.EXE exists but its protection prevents user access; when running as SYSTEM, the process has SYSPRV and is able to access the file. b) There's a TERMTABLE logical which points to someplace accessible by SYSTEM, and not accessible by most users; or a logical that points to someplace different for SYSTEM than for other users (e.g., points someplace relative to SYS$LOGIN). (a) seems more likely. -- Jerry