Microsoft KB Archive/117646

= PC DB: Ownerless Files on Novell Networks =

Article ID: 117646

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0b
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

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This article was previously published under Q117646



SYMPTOMS
Versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks running on a Novell file server may exhibit strange behavior when files in the mail system database become ownerless.

Several common indicators of ownerless files in the database are:
 * File I/O: Short Write (displayed in the external's SESSION.LOG file)
 * Notice 58: Postoffice Address List already has an alias with this name.
 * Error Mailing To MailBag



CAUSE
Files become ownerless on Novell networks when the owner of the file is deleted from the bindery. When a file becomes ownerless, it can grow only to the next multiple of its block size. The default block size is 4k.



RESOLUTION
You can find ownerless files by using the Novell NDIR command, and assign owners to them by using the Novell FILER utility.

It is not a good idea to allow any mail system database files to be ownerless, but ownerless ACCESS.GLB, ACCESS2.GLB, and ACCESS3.GLB files can seriously undermine the integrity of the database when new users are added to a .GLB file with no deleted records.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

99725 PC DB: Checking for Ownerless Files in NetWare

Additional query words: 2.1x 3.00 3.00b 3.20

Keywords: KB117646

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