Hi Stephen,

Stephen Walsh wrote to Michiel Broek:
SW> Hello Michiel.
SW> 
SW> 04 Jun 07 20:35, you wrote to me:
SW> 
SW>  SW>> Kenwood DM700 controll software
SW>  SW>> ? 03-Jun-2007 17:47:21 mbfile[50010] Can't seek record 0 in
SW>  SW>> /opt/mbse/etc/fareas.data: Invalid argument
SW>  SW>> ? 03-Jun-2007 17:47:21 mbfile[50010] Terminated with error 102
SW> 
SW>  MB> When this happens, look at the exact size of fareas.data. Also look 
SW> at
SW>  MB> the permissions and owner. -rw-r----- 1 mbse bbs 61208 2006-02-21
SW>  MB> 21:26 etc/fareas.data
SW> 
SW> I found that the input field to mbfile isn't log enough to take all the 
SW> input
SW> i was giving it. If i made the description shorter the file got added to 
SW> the
SW> file base.

How long was that description? It looks like some buffer overwrite.


SW> Here's my etc/fareas.data file perms.
SW> 
SW> -rw-r-----  1 mbse  bbs  - 30608 Jun  3 21:57 fareas.data

Looks good enough.

SW>  MB> Also make sure you do this kind of maintenance as the mbse user.
SW> 
SW> As allways!

Good. Some didn't allways do that and that could give strange results.



    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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