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MWATCH
v1.2
The File Ownership Protection NLM
(c) 1992-93 Dana Consultants
MWATCH is an NLM which initially scans a fileserver for files which do
not have an "owner". After correcting those, it goes into "sleep" mode.
Only when a user is deleted will MWATCH awaken and convert all the files
that are tagged "No owner" to SUPERVISOR. This will ensure that you never
have a file without an owner again! [Optionally, MWATCH can be scheduled to
run at a specified time each day, preventing fileserver load during business
hours!]
And MWATCH will scan an entire file server for unowned files, not just a
single Volume.
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How do "No Owner" files get that way?
Well, these files were created by users who have since been deleted from the
network. On some systems this can cause unexpected problems to occur.
Example: If you limit a users disk space, and a file is not owned,
it cannot be expanded. If someone attempts to save this file Novell will
return a "disk full" error. Not very descriptive is it? This is just one
example of how unowned files can adversly effect a network.
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MWATCH does the following:
* At startup performs an initial scan to identify and correct
unowned files. (This initial scan can be skipped)
Then, depending on you options, MWATCH can do one of the following:
1) * Go into sleep mode until a user is deleted from the network
* Awakens and scan the file server to correct files that belonged
to the removed user.
* Reports activity on console or into a log file!
* Goes back into "sleep" mode until another user is deleted
2) * Go into sleep mode until a specified time is reached each day.
This option allows for a scan to be done on your server once a
day. By scheduling a scan to occur during nonbusiness hours,
your network will not experience any load which occurs during
scans.
To load the MWATCH NLM on your file server, place the MWATCH.NLM file in
your system directory. At your console enter:
load mwatch
Using the -h option will give you a list of available commands.
load mwatch -h
Available commands
==================
-tHH:MM Specifies a time to execute each day (24 HOUR MILITARY FORMAT)
-s Skip the initial file server scan
-l Redirect output to a file (specify filename, include FULL path)
Examples
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load mwatch -s
Load the MWATCH program and skip the initial scanning of the file
server. This option will use Method #1 listed above.
load mwatch -t23:00
Load MWATCH and perform the initial scan, then perform a file server
scan each day at 11 pm.
load mwatch -t23:00 -lSYS:/LOGS/LOGFILE.MWA
Same as above, but record results into SYS:/LOGS/LOGFILE.MWA.
Once loaded the program will scan and go into sleep mode. To switch back to
the console monitor, press [Ctrl+Esc] and select Console.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to
contact Dana Consultants at (800) 800-9301