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July 2001, Week 4

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John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
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John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Jul 2001 07:27:13 -0700
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> From: rosenblatt, joseph [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> Jonathan M. Backus wrote:
> >The configuration is in NMMGR. You would use F1 to Open
> >Config and F2 for
> >NS (Network Services). If you choose to go into NMMGR you
> >want to either be
> >sure to not change anything or be sure to validate. If you
> >make a change
> > and try to exit without validating it, NMMGR will complain about it.

> Sound advice. I would add one further caveat. I have seen NMCONFIG do
> strange things after being in NMMGR *even if I did not add, modify or
> delete* anything. To be safe I always validate before leaving NMMGR no
> matter what I did or didn't do. I can't see any harm in it
> and it takes less
> than a minute.

I find it useful to use the "Write access password" feature. You are much
less likely to accidentally change something if you have to enter a password
first to gain write access. No password and you can view anything, but
change nothing.

John Burke

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