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  • Breaking News

    From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Matthew Munson on Tue Dec 27 11:42:04 2016
    ver 3.17 windows, i have an error msg
    "Cannot open file c:\sbbs\data\user/user.dat"
    when trying to save user data in sbbsctrl's user editor.

    i played around with paths (using ..\data) in sfg, but it's not solving the issue.

    it can view the user records fine, just not manipulate. http://imgur.com/a/5lZeW
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Mro on Tue Dec 27 12:43:12 2016
    Re: Breaking News
    By: Mro to Matthew Munson on Tue Dec 27 2016 11:42 am

    ver 3.17 windows, i have an error msg
    "Cannot open file c:\sbbs\data\user/user.dat"
    when trying to save user data in sbbsctrl's user editor.

    i played around with paths (using ..\data) in sfg, but it's not solving

    the
    issue.

    The forward-slash versus backslash is not the issue.

    it can view the user records fine, just not manipulate. http://imgur.com/a/5lZeW

    What is build date (or CVS update date) of your executables? This sounds very similar to a bug that was fixed back in August: http://cvs.synchro.net/commitlog.ssjs#33173

    digital man

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Tue Dec 27 17:56:11 2016
    Re: Breaking News
    By: Digital Man to Mro on Tue Dec 27 2016 12:43 pm

    "Cannot open file c:\sbbs\data\user/user.dat"
    when trying to save user data in sbbsctrl's user editor.
    i played around with paths (using ..\data) in sfg, but it's not solving

    the
    issue.

    The forward-slash versus backslash is not the issue.


    yeah, i was just trying different ways to enter the data dir in scfg

    What is build date (or CVS update date) of your executables? This sounds very similar to a bug that was fixed back in August: http://cvs.synchro.net/commitlog.ssjs#33173


    Synchronet Terminal Server 3.17a SMBLIB 2.60 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:02:43 with MSC 1800
    Synchronet Mail Server 1.606 SMBLIB 2.60 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:24 with MSC 1800
    Synchronet FTP Server 1.430 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:19 with MSC 1800 Synchronet Web Server 1.643 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:35 with MSC 1800 Synchronet Services 1.299 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:33 with MSC 1800 Synchronet Control Panel v3.17.0.0 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:04:27 with BCC 5.60 Synchronet Local Spy ANSI Terminal Emulation TEmulVT (c) 1996-2002 F. Piette V2.19
    JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31 (c) 1998 Netscape Communications Corp.
    Cryptlib v3.4.2.0 Copyright 1992-2006 Peter Gutmann. All rights reserved.


    i grabbed the sbbs_dev from vert. my sbbsctrl was crashing from the login attempts on a earlier version so i figured i'd upgrade.

    thanks,
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Mro on Tue Dec 27 22:21:09 2016
    Re: Breaking News
    By: Mro to Digital Man on Tue Dec 27 2016 05:56 pm

    Re: Breaking News
    By: Digital Man to Mro on Tue Dec 27 2016 12:43 pm

    "Cannot open file c:\sbbs\data\user/user.dat"
    when trying to save user data in sbbsctrl's user editor.
    i played around with paths (using ..\data) in sfg, but it's not solving

    the
    issue.

    The forward-slash versus backslash is not the issue.


    yeah, i was just trying different ways to enter the data dir in scfg

    What is build date (or CVS update date) of your executables? This sounds very similar to a bug that was fixed back in August: http://cvs.synchro.net/commitlog.ssjs#33173


    Synchronet Terminal Server 3.17a SMBLIB 2.60 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:02:43 with MSC 1800
    Synchronet Mail Server 1.606 SMBLIB 2.60 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:24 with MSC 1800
    Synchronet FTP Server 1.430 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:19 with MSC 1800 Synchronet Web Server 1.643 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:35 with MSC 1800 Synchronet Services 1.299 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:03:33 with MSC 1800 Synchronet Control Panel v3.17.0.0 Compiled Dec 26 2016 06:04:27 with BCC 5.60 Synchronet Local Spy ANSI Terminal Emulation TEmulVT (c) 1996-2002 F. Piette V2.19
    JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31 (c) 1998 Netscape Communications Corp. Cryptlib v3.4.2.0 Copyright 1992-2006 Peter Gutmann. All rights reserved.


    i grabbed the sbbs_dev from vert. my sbbsctrl was crashing from the login attempts on a earlier version so i figured i'd upgrade.

    Looks like you have the latest and greatest. There haven't been any changes made to useredit.exe in many years, so the only thing I can guess is that your user.dat file is being left open or locked by something. Are you running sbbs as NT services or just stand-alone? If you shutdown sbbsctrl.exe, and then run "useredit c:\sbbs\data\" does it work? Does it work if when you first run sbbsctrl.exe and then stop working at some point?

    I can't reproduce the error you reported, so more information is needed.

    digital man

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Wed Dec 28 17:19:21 2016
    Re: Breaking News
    By: Digital Man to Mro on Tue Dec 27 2016 10:21 pm

    running sbbs as NT services or just stand-alone? If you shutdown sbbsctrl.exe, and then run "useredit c:\sbbs\data\" does it work? Does it work if when you first run sbbsctrl.exe and then stop working at some point?

    I can't reproduce the error you reported, so more information is needed.


    it must have been a fluke because after closing sbbsctrl several times, it now works. i can edit the user file and save without the error msg.
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