# ADA017 Invalid or unauthorized file number in Gen Ada File

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**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Add-on-Products, Natural-Predict\
**Created:** [September 9, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/ada017-invalid-or-unauthorized-file-number-in-gen-ada-file/61400 "2006-09-09T03:23:37Z")\
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I receieved this message while generating an Adabas File.  
ADAFDU-E-ADA017, Invalid or unauthorized file number.  
What did I forget to do?  
Predict 4.4.1 on Linux  
thanks in advance  
John

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/ada017-invalid-or-unauthorized-file-number-in-gen-ada-file/61400/2 "2021-04-02T14:40:49Z")

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