topic Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership. in Operating System - OpenVMS

undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:00:18 GMT

Hi All Good morning,

For account profile management we've different team, he is trying to change the ownership of account as per management requirement.
Case1:When he tried to change ownership as
uaf>modify use1/owner="robert"

Case2:
uaf>modify use1/owner="+robert"
When he tried to change ownership same but including + sign, getting undefined sysmbol error

I'm managing this server and i'm able to do this both way successfully.My account having system privileges but security team user having only "NETMBX,SECURITY,SYSPRV and TMPMBX privileges.
Can you pl. sugget wht could be issue.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:20:57 GMT

make correction Please:

In case 1: security team user able to changed the owenership.

In case 2:they are getting error UNDEFINED symbol.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

John Gillings — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:58:57 GMT

shiva,
Could you please post the exact command(s) you're issuing and the exact error?

According to HELP:

MODIFY

/OWNER

/OWNER=owner-name

Specifies the name of the owner of the account. You can use this
name for billing purposes or similar applications. The owner name
is 1 to 31 characters. No default owner name exists.

I don't see any limitations on the character set.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:44:25 GMT

UAF>mod user2 /owner="+rg9472robert"
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
Â \RG9472robert\
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
Â \RG9472robert\
%DCL-E-INVIFNEST, invalid IF-THEN-ELSE nesting structure or data inconsistency

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Karl Rohwedder — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:57:54 GMT

Since there is an if-then-else error I assume, this is part of DCL procedure. You should show us the real proc.
It is no problem to set the owner to 'strange' characters, e.g.:

UAF> mod rohwedder/owner=")(/+*~'Ã Ã _:;+"
%UAF-I-MDFYMSG, user record(s) updated

regards kalle

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Steven Schweda — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:03:01 GMT

> Could you please post the exact command(s)
> you're issuing and the exact error?

> UAF>mod user2 /owner="+rg9472robert"

The "UAF>" prompt does not tell us how you
got the "UAF>" prompt.

> %DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling

Apparently you're running some (defective)
command procedure, but my psychic powers are
too weak to tell me much more than that.

Note that if you were running the (real)
AUTHORIZE utility, you wouldn't get a DCL
complaint. For example:

ALP $ mcr authorize
UAF> mod user2 /owner="+rg9472robert"
%UAF-W-BADSPC, no user matches specification

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:45:11 GMT

I gone thru script found "UAF>" prompt getting by menu : Below is part of script,

---------------------------------------
$ if p1 .eqs. "A" then SYS_OPTION :== RUN_AUTHORIZATION ! Authorization

$RUN_AUTHORIZATION:
$ on warning then continue
$ ask "UAF>" action
$ action = f$edit("''action'","UPCASE")
$ IF (F$EDIT(action,"UPCASE,COLLAPSE") .eqs. "EXIT") .or. (F$EDIT(action,"UPCASE,COLLAPSE") .eqs. "EX") THEN GOTO select_sys_option
$!
$ IF (F$LOCATE( "/PA", "''action'") .ne. F$length("''action'")) .or. (F$LOCATE( "/G", "''action'") .ne. F$length("''action'"))
$ then
$ Say "*** Modifying PASSWORD is not permitted"
$ goto RUN_AUTHORIZATION
$ endif
$!
$ UAF 'action'
$ goto RUN_AUTHORIZATION

----------------------------------------

Above procedure will execute while security team wants to do some changes in UAF user parameter as per my understanding.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:04:46 GMT

i executed same with set verify option,

-------------------------------------------
$RUN_AUTHORIZATION:
$ on warning then continue
$ ask "UAF>" action
UAF>modify user2/owner="+robert"
$ action = f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert"","UPCASE")
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
\robert\
---------------------------------

I thing if we set "action" string correctly then it will fix this issue.

$ask "UAF>" action
$ action = f$edit("''action'","UPCASE")

Pl.suggest how can i set action symbol correctly

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:09:28 GMT

You have missed an "

$ action = f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert"","UPCASE")

should be /owner=""+robert""

Hakan

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:24:19 GMT

case1: without + sign
$action = f$edit("modify user2/owner="robert"","UPCASE")
$sh sym action
ACTION = "MODIFY USER2/OWNER=ROBERT"

case2:with +sign
$action = f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert"","UPCASE")
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
\ROBERT\

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:33:42 GMT

Try following

action = f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert,"UPCASE")

or

action = f$edit("modify user2/owner=""''robert'""","UPCASE")

Hakan

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:36:32 GMT

$action=f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert,"UPCASE")
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
\ROBERT\

$action = f$edit("modify user2/owner=""''robert'""","UPCASE")

$sh sym action
ACTION = "MODIFY USER2/OWNER="""

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:39:25 GMT

$action = f$edit("modify user2/owner=""''+robert'""","UPCASE")
$sh sym
_Symbol: action
ACTION = "MODIFY USER2/OWNER="+robert'""

Looks good, let me change in script and execute.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:51:14 GMT

Haken,

How can i implement this cmd-
action = f$edit("modify user2/owner=""''+robert'""","UPCASE")

in below cmd procedure. I'm too cheking. :)
------------------------------------------
$RUN_AUTHORIZATION:
$ on warning then continue
$ ask "UAF>" action
$ action = f$edit("''action'","UPCASE")
$ IF (F$EDIT(action,"UPCASE,COLLAPSE") .eqs. "EXIT") .or. (F$EDIT(action,"UPCASE,COLLAPSE") .eqs. "EX") THEN GOTO select_sys_option
$!
$ IF (F$LOCATE( "/PA", "''action'") .ne. F$length("''action'")) .or. (F$LOCATE( "/G", "''action'") .ne. F$length("''action'"))
$ then
$ Say "*** Modifying PASSWORD is not permitted"
$ goto RUN_AUTHORIZATION
$ endif
$!
$ UAF 'action'
$ goto RUN_AUTHORIZATION
-----------------------------------------

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:59:16 GMT

Shiva,

I just fixed the error in the faulty command.

I have NO idea what you are trying to do.....

What is "robert" ?
There is no definition of "robert" in your piece of code.

You are not telling us the whole story......

I'm sorry......

Hakan

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:00:47 GMT

steven any suggestion ,
Is it is possible to define this way in above script.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Jan van den Ende — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:08:59 GMT

shiva,

as proven by

>>>
$action=f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert,"UPCASE")
%DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
\ROBERT\
<<<

the error is NOT in he AUTHORIZE, but in the string manipulation
$action=f$edit("modify user2/owner="+robert,"UPCASE")

The + sign is trying to add the VALUE of the symbol ROBERT to the quoted string "modify user2/owner". And that fails because there is no symbol ROBERT.

Obviously you are trying to add the quoted value "ROBERT" to your quoted string.
To add quotes inside a quoted string you have to double the quotes. That would give:

$action=f$edit("modify user2/owner= + " "robert"","UPCASE")

(note: I added spaces between the 2 double quotes for readability in the forum display.
They are NOT to be there in your procedure!!)

I hope this explains a bit better what Hakan already wrote.

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

shiva27 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:09:43 GMT

Haken,

i'm going to defined the account ownership with "+" sign with help of above script, without + sign script is running fine since long time but now as per management requirement they wants to add "+" sing in all acount profile ownership column.

ex.
current owner : robert_dev
Needs to be change to owner: +robert_dev

Manully i'm able to change successfully.

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Joseph Huber_1 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:26:50 GMT

The part

$ ask "UAF>" action
$ action = f$edit("''action'","UPCASE")
$ IF (F$EDIT(action,"UPCASE,COLLAPSE") .eqs. "EXIT") .or. ...

is o.k. only if the "user" is giving enough double quotes to survive the ''action' symbol substitution.
But this substitution is IMHO unnecessary, why not leave it out ?
The main problem follows in the line
$ UAF 'action'
Here again all depends on the user entering ENOUGH double quotes, and the "ask" command(-procedure?) is preserving them.
So You probably require the the user to enter something like
/owner="""+robert"""
So that the substitution results in
$ UAF ... /owner="+ROBERT"

Re: undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

Hakan Zanderau ( Anders — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:45:09 GMT

An example on how to implement

$ owner = "robert_dev"
$ new_owner = "+"+owner
$ show sym new_owner
NEW_OWNER = "+robert_dev"

Hakan