In article <1995Jul14.092341@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (John B Harlan)
writes:
>
> In article <1995Jul11.165750@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Dave
> Munday) wrote:
>> I had a problem the other day exiting news with my quota being exceeded.
>> I spawned out of news and looked around to see what was taking up the space.
>> I had a number or files NEWS_*.tmp some of which were LARGE.
>> This was what had exceeded my quota.
>>
>> How can I avoid this problem?
>
> MCIS Technical Support has just corrected this problem by adding a fix to
> the NNTP newsreader software that uses ACQUIREd temporary space for NetNews-
> related tmp files.  If anyone encounters any unusual NetNews behavior
> (related to this fix or otherwise), please let us know.  Thanks!
 
Some users reported a problem with this new fix starting at around 12:30PM.
The system would allow the user into NEWS correctly, but they would receive
the error message:
 
  %ACQUIRE-E-IOSBMOD, Error in IOSB when modifying diskquota - contact
      system manager
 
and the following error message when they exited NEWS:
 
  %ACQUIRE-E-TSNEXISTS, Temporary space does not exist - Use /CREATE qualifier
 
This problem was related to the number of people accessing temporary space
(we hit an all-time high after this change was put in).  This problem has
now been fixed.
 
Users who were logged in when I fixed this problem may see the error message:
 
  %CLI-F-SYNTAX, error parsing '!AS'
 
when then enter and exit NEWS.  This is a temporary condition and show go
away the next time the user logs into the system.
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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