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. -- Kent Covert, Software Coordinator Miami Computing and Information Services Miami University, Oxford, OH [log in to unmask]