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20010222: No permission to write VG file

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Subject: 20010222: No permission to write VG file
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:16:52 -0700
Clint,

I believe that "Local" will try to write output to the $cwd, ...eg the directory
that you launch nmap (or ntl) from. So, it might be that the student account 
configuration
is launching from somewhere otther than HOME?

In $GEMTBL/nmap/vgf.tbl are configurations for directory categories. You can use
environmental variables in there. It might be useful to define a VGF_WORK or
something that  goes to $HOME/vgf or the sort making sure that HOME is defined 
either
in the user environment (or a check in Gemenviron to set it if it isn't set).

Let me know if $cwd isn't the users home directory.

Chiz


Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support





>From: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200102222144.f1MLiZL15002

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>Chiz,
>
>Our undergraduates have starting to use Nmap, but when they try to save
>something from the product generation palette, they get the following: "No
>permission to write VG file".  It seems only to happen for undergraduates --
>Mark and I can save products and so can the grad students who have tried. The
>problem seems to be limited to undergraduate accounts on our system. Any ideas
>about what might be causing this?  He's trying to save to "Local", so file
>permissions shouldn't be the problem (I'm assuming "Local" maps to $HOME).
>
>I'm attaching the results of a setenv from a graduate account and from an
>undergraduate account -- diff shows that the main differences are where
>$HOME is used to create a variable (except the value of HZ, set for graduate
>but not for undergraduate -- I don't know what that is).
>
>24c24
>< GRPHGD=/home/washley
>---
>> GRPHGD=/home/student
>26,27c26,27
>< HOME=/home/washley
>< HZ=100
>---
>> HOME=/home/student
>> HZ=
>30c30
>< LOGNAME=washley
>---
>> LOGNAME=student
>34c34
>< MCDATA=/home/washley/mcidas/data
>---
>> MCDATA=/home/student/mcidas/data
>36,38c36,38
>< MCPATH=/home/washley/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>< 
>MCTABLE_READ=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDESITE.
> TX
>T
>< MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>---
>> MCPATH=/home/student/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>> 
>MCTABLE_READ=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDESITE.
> TX
>T
>> MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>55c55
>< 
>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/washley:/usr/local/bin:.:/usr/bi
> n:
>/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:/home/n
> aw
>ips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts:~/Office51/bin
>---
>> 
>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/student:/usr/local/bin:.:/usr/bi
> n:
>/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:/home/n
> aw
>ips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>58c58
>< PWD=/home/washley
>---
>> PWD=/home/student
>74c74
>< USER=washley
>---
>> USER=student
>
>Clint
>
>
>====================================================================
>Clinton M. Rowe
>Associate Professor 
>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                        address@hidden
>
>
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>Content-Type: TEXT/plain; name=grad_env; charset=us-ascii; x-unix-mode=0664
>Content-Description: grad_env
>Content-MD5: 4mVVCp0L3YzOxaQ/YNRWkA==
>
>BRDGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/unidata/ldmbridge
>CONFIGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/config
>DISPLAY=purga:0.0
>EDITOR=vi
>GARP_PATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp/config
>GARPHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp
>GEMDATA=/data/gempak
>GEMERR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/error
>GEMEXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>GEMGTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/gemlib
>GEMHLP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/help
>GEMLIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>GEMMAPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/maps
>GEMNTS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts
>GEMPAK=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>GEMPAKHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>GEMPARM=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/parm
>GEMPDF=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/pdf
>GEMPTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/programs
>GEMTBL=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/tables
>GINI=/data/pub/raw/gini
>GOES8=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-8
>GOES9=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-9
>GRPHGD=/home/washley
>HDS=/data/gempak/model
>HOME=/home/washley
>HZ=100
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/c
> cs/lib:/usr/ucblib:/usr/local/lib
>LDMDATA=/data
>LOGNAME=washley
>LP=lp
>LPFLAG=-d
>MANPATH=/opt/SUNWspro/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/openwin/man
>MCDATA=/home/washley/mcidas/data
>MCGUI=/home/mcidas/bin
>MCPATH=/home/washley/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>MCTABLE_READ=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDESITE.
> TXT
>MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>MODEL=/data/gempak/model
>MOZILLA_HOME=/opt/netscape
>NA_OS=sol
>NAWIPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6
>NAWIPS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>NAWIPS_HELP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/help
>NAWIPS_INC=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/include
>NAWIPS_LIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>NAWIPS_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables
>NLDN=/data/gempak/nldn
>NMAP_RESTORE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts/nmap/restore
>NNTPSERVER=crcnews.unl.edu
>NTRANS_META=/data/gempak/meta
>NWX_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables/nwx
>OBS=/data/gempak
>OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin
>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/washley:/usr/local/bin:.:/usr/bi
> n:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:/hom
> e/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts:~/Office51/bin
>PGPLOT_DEV=/xwin
>PGPLOT_DIR=/usr/local/pgplot
>PWD=/home/washley
>RAD=/data/gempak/nexrad
>RAW_SAO=/data/surface/sao
>RAW_SYN=/data/surface/syn
>RAW_UPA=/data/upperair
>RBKGPH=/data/gempak/redbook
>SAO=/data/gempak/surface
>SAT=/data/gempak/images/sat
>SCRIPTS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>SHELL=/bin/csh
TERM=dtterm
>TEXT_DATA=/data/gempak/nwx
>TORN_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/torn_warn
>TSTRM_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/tstrm_warn
>TZ=US/Central
>UPA=/data/gempak/upperair
>USER=washley
>WWW_HOME=http://zephyr.unl.edu/
>XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/resource/%N
>
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>Content-Type: TEXT/plain; name=student_env; charset=us-ascii; x-unix-mode=0664
>Content-Description: student_env
>Content-MD5: zs2fxfKnUrQVJW3uWJS+Wg==
>
>BRDGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/unidata/ldmbridge
>CONFIGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/config
>DISPLAY=purga:0.0
>EDITOR=vi
>GARP_PATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp/config
>GARPHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp
>GEMDATA=/data/gempak
>GEMERR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/error
>GEMEXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>GEMGTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/gemlib
>GEMHLP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/help
>GEMLIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>GEMMAPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/maps
>GEMNTS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts
>GEMPAK=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>GEMPAKHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>GEMPARM=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/parm
>GEMPDF=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/pdf
>GEMPTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/programs
>GEMTBL=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/tables
>GINI=/data/pub/raw/gini
>GOES8=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-8
>GOES9=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-9
>GRPHGD=/home/student
>HDS=/data/gempak/model
>HOME=/home/student
>HZ=
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/usr/c
> cs/lib:/usr/ucblib:/usr/local/lib
>LDMDATA=/data
>LOGNAME=student
>LP=lp
>LPFLAG=-d
>MANPATH=/opt/SUNWspro/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/openwin/man
>MCDATA=/home/student/mcidas/data
>MCGUI=/home/mcidas/bin
>MCPATH=/home/student/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>MCTABLE_READ=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDESITE.
> TXT
>MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>MODEL=/data/gempak/model
>MOZILLA_HOME=/opt/netscape
>NA_OS=sol
>NAWIPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6
NAWIPS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>NAWIPS_HELP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/help
>NAWIPS_INC=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/include
>NAWIPS_LIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>NAWIPS_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables
>NLDN=/data/gempak/nldn
>NMAP_RESTORE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts/nmap/restore
>NNTPSERVER=crcnews.unl.edu
>NTRANS_META=/data/gempak/meta
>NWX_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables/nwx
>OBS=/data/gempak
>OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin
>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/student:/usr/local/bin:.:/usr/bi
> n:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:/hom
> e/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>PGPLOT_DEV=/xwin
>PGPLOT_DIR=/usr/local/pgplot
>PWD=/home/student
>RAD=/data/gempak/nexrad
>RAW_SAO=/data/surface/sao
>RAW_SYN=/data/surface/syn
>RAW_UPA=/data/upperair
>RBKGPH=/data/gempak/redbook
>SAO=/data/gempak/surface
>SAT=/data/gempak/images/sat
>SCRIPTS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>SHELL=/bin/csh
>TERM=dtterm
>TEXT_DATA=/data/gempak/nwx
>TORN_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/torn_warn
>TSTRM_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/tstrm_warn
>TZ=US/Central
>UPA=/data/gempak/upperair
>USER=student
>WWW_HOME=http://zephyr.unl.edu/
>XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/resource/%N
>
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>Chiz,
>
>I have a student who is starting to use Nmap.  He's able to do most things,
>but wehen he tries to save something from the product generation palette,
>he gets the following: "No permission to write VG file".  It seems
>only to happen for him -- I can save products and so can at least 2 of the
>grad students (the only 2 I could find today to ask).  Any ideas about what
>might be causing this?  He's trying to save to "Local", so Unix permissions
>don't seem to be the problem.
>
>Clint
>
>====================================================================
>Clinton M. Rowe
>Associate Professor 
>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                        address@hidden
>
>
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