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   Message 432 of 677   
   mark lewis to Manuel Adorni   
   Problem with sysop user   
   01 Sep 15 13:44:24   
   
   01 Sep 15 09:33, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> run "RAMGR /U" to use the user editor and look at the records to see   
    ml>> if they contain proper data... you might want to copy your RA data   
    ml>> files to a safe place before using RAMGR or editing any records...   
      
    MA> Yeah, I thought so too. I can not figure out which is the software   
    MA> that can be modified.It may be the AMU 3.20?   
      
   i don't have any idea... it is possible that it is an external door rewriting   
   the EXITINFO.BBS file which RA reimports when returning from the external   
   door... back in the day, i wrote utilities to split the EXITINFO.BBS file into   
   the old format and the new data in another file... that allowed old doors to   
   work and update the file which was then merged back together before returning   
   to RA so that corruption did not happen like this...   
      
   the main things to look for are   
      
     1. what version of RA are you running?   
     2. do your external doors and tools specifically recognize that RA version.   
      
   if they do not explicitly state that they work with your version of RA, stop   
   using them, fix the user file errors, and then try them one at the time to see   
   if the corruption returns... i've dropped most all of my external tools other   
   than the ones i wrote myself and compiled with the proper structures for the   
   RA i'm running... especially doors and utils that update the user record   
   information...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   ... Before eating take a little time to thank the food. -Arapaho saying   
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