Re: How to change the unix passwd from 4gl /SPL

Terry Gauchat wrote: > > As to an earlier post regarding return codes from system calls within > Stored Procedures... > > The best you can do is get the "return" value from the called script/program. > I wrote a cover script to the Expect program which generates > meaningful return codes > (i.e., bad userid, bad old password, bad new password, failed call to > passwd, etc.), based > on return codes in the Expect script (and so on; layered). > > The stored procedure, in turn, passes these codes back to the calling > client, so that the client knows what happened. > > Works fine. > > ...Terry R. Gauchat > Systems Consultant. > tgauch@aol.com > tgauch@msn.com > tgauchat@iia.org My early post about the return codes from the system command is based upon the following senario: called script/C executes "exit -1" calling stored procedure shows sqlcode: -668, isam code -255 That is why we were confused. Thanks for your comments above. I went back to check our code and found that "exit" should return POSITIVE number. Although isam code is always negative, at least the absolute value is correct. Since this approach works, we implemented "expect," and it is working effectively today with our unique requirement: NIS+ for single account and single password. Chao Din