Well, what we are talking about here is a Xresource, and it could be set
anywhere, if someone were clever enough.
In OVw the line to change is
OVw*mapname: default
which is usually commented out.
But you can do this to verify what your settings are:
appres OVw
This Xcommand will list all the current OVw settings in effect. You could just
echo that to a file and see if you can find an
OVw*mapname setting of test1. If you do, then you know that somewhere there is
an override going on. But if it is not in
/usr/OV/app-defaults/OVw or $HOME/OVw then it may be hard to find. You can
use any file you like which contains
just this
OVw*mapname: test1
and then do xrdb -merge <filename> to change your defaults.
So you could try a find for all files named OVw on your box, but even if you
don't find any others, that doesn't mean someone did not edit some other
Xresource file and stick it in there. Jeff, are there other Xresouce files that
your shop usually customizes?
NetView doesn't know how it gets set. It just asks X for the current settings.
By the way, Leslie, that was a good call about the OVw resource file. Since
that is usually commented out, I forgot all about it.
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Jeff Fitzwater <jfitz@PRINCETON.EDU> on 08/31/99 03:15:47 PM
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To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
Subject: Re: mistery MAP
Hi Leslie, thank you for responding. I also received info from James
Shanks. First, I am the only user on the system.
I am user root. When I did the ovwls -G it showed the owner as root and
2 maps as I described. I first changed my map to default and then
deleted the test1 map. I then exited out of the GUI and back in via
"netview" command. Presto back came the test1 map. I did not use the
-map option. the /usr/OV/app-defaults/OVw has default as startup map.
I have not found any other app-defaults in any user $HOME area "yet".
Is there any way to trace where it gets its startup map info from?
Thank you James and Leslie for your help.
Jeff Fitzwater
Princeton University
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Leslie Clark wrote:
>
> If someone with global permissions on the map directory were
> to invoke nv6000 with the option ' -map TEST1' , I believe that map
> would be created on the fly. And I think there is an app-default
> that might set the default map for a user to something other than
> 'default', and it might be set in their home directory rather than
> in /usr/OV/app-defaults/OVw, which could perhaps also cause
> a map to be created if it does not exist.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
>
> Well, this is certainly a mystery to me.
>
> Do ovwls -G from the command line and see what maps you have and who has
> delete authority (probably root).
> You can then start the GUI as root (or the owner) and repeat your delete
> procedure, but you should make sure no one else has the TEST1 map open at the
> time you do the delete.
>
> James Shanks
> Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
>
> Jeff Fitzwater <jfitz@PRINCETON.EDU> on 08/30/99 11:57:36 AM
>
> Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
> <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
>
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject: mistery MAP
>
> I am running Netview 5.1.1 on Solaris 2.6
>
> If I start Netview using any method (ovw, nv6000, netview, TIVOLI
> desktop) I get a new map called "TEST1". If I do a SHOW MAP from FILE
> menu I see both DEFAULT and TEST1. If I open the map called DEFAULT and
> then delete TEST1 and then exit Netview and restart it without using any
> "-map option" , I get the map called TEST1 again. I beleive I created
> a map called TEST1 some time ago, but have since done a coamplete
> Netview install and it still comes back. It must be in some user area
> and by default creates this map, but I have no clue where it is or how
> to get rid of it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Jeff Fitzwater
> Princeton University
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