undefined symbol error while defining account ownership.

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

Try following

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

or

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

Hakan

[shiva27]

$action=f$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="""

[shiva27]

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


Looks good, let me change in script and execute.

[shiva27]

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

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

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

[shiva27]

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

[Jan van den Ende]

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

[shiva27]

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.

[Joseph Huber_1]

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"

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

An example on how to implement

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

Hakan