On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> At 5:31 AM -0600 2/14/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Fatal VMS error (status=8780) at DISK$SGWSYSTEM:[PERL5_005_03]VMS.C;2,
> > line 659 at pfs_root:[ddweb.desy]acms_show_sys.pl line 3.
> > %SYSTEM-F-EXLNMQUOTA, logical name table is full
> >
> > Does anyone know offhand how many logicals are created / used when
> > backtic'ed commands are executed, or have any other idea why this
> > would happen?
>
> I don't know the answer to that specifically, but apparently this
> refers to the job table, which the backticked process would share
> with its parent. The easy way out might be to increase the quota. See
>
> $ help/message EXLNMQUOTA
One possible way around the problem *that might open you up to DOS
attacks and ought to be carefully considered* would be:
$ set def sys$system
$ mcr authorize
UAF> modify <usename>/JTquota=0
UAF> exit
If it is indeed a Job table quota problem.
Peter Prymmer
