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From: munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston)
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Subject: RE: Problem installing ANU-News V5.8 & 5.9 under VAX VMS 5.2
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Date: 26 Sep 89 15:04:21 GMT
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>We are in the process of putting Annual News on a MicroVAX II
>running VMS Version 5.2 and C version 3.0. We have attempted to
>install both versions 5.8 and 5.9 with the same results. The
>system comes back with an "Invalid internal file identifier"
>Msg upon start up. This error occurs while the program is
>executing within the NEWSUTILITY program.
     
     
The first thing NEWS attempts to do is create two indexed files used to hold
information regarding the locally stored items.
     
In order to do this the user running NEWS for the first time on the system
needs to ensure:
   1) all logical names are correctly set up
   2) the logical NEWS_MGR_ID translates to a valid identifier
   3) (and this is where you have the problem)
      the user running NEWS for the FIRST time has been granted the identifier
      to enable manager access (whatever NEWS_MGR_ID translates to) and also
      SYSPRV.
     
You should then find that all will be set up correctly.
     
     
Geoff Huston