Thanks to Sara, Rolf, Peter Dan Marc, Bayard and Bill for your answers to my question. The suggestions include running /vnmr/bin/makeuser user_name to update the variables, and checking the /vnmr/user_templates directory.
The problem was solved when I used /vnmr/bin/makeuser to create na new user and log-out then login. I realized that maybe I made a mistake in the past when I applied makeuser command to an old username which had been in use for a long time even before this installation. After applying /vnmr/bin/makeuser to this account, all the dot files became bkup files with" .bkup.backuptime" attached to the files. Then I just simply removed this string from them. I think this is the reason of the problem, therefore, there is no problem for a newly created account.
Best regards,
Xianzhong
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Xianzhong Yan, Ph.D.
NMR Laboratory,
National Center of Biomedical Analysis
27 Taiping Rd., Beijing 100850
P. R. China
Phone: (010)66930305
Fax: (010)68186281
E-mail: yanxz_at_nic.bmi.ac.cn
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "William C. Stevens" <wstevens_at_siu.edu>
> To: <ammrl_at_chemnmr.colorado.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:28 AM
> Subject: summary, cryoprobe maintenance
> Several of our most esteemed colleagues responded to my question. Unanimous
> opinion is that service contracts are mandatory, not optional, and that you
> would want to have a full contract anyway because lots of things break with
> regularity with cryoprobe systems.
>
> Even with the service contracts, these cold probes seem also to place
> considerable extra burden on the NMR Facility staff.
>
> Thanks to all who replied. I do not want a cold probe.
>
> Bill
>
> William C. Stevens, Ph.D. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
> Director Southern Illinois University
> Carbondale, IL 62901-4405
> 618-453-6498 voice
> 618-453-6408 fax wstevens_at_siu.edu
> http://opie.nmr.siu.edu
>
Received on Fri Mar 12 2004 - 12:33:42 MST