HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: NEWMAIL COUNT incorrect problems SOLVED (Was: Updated DISKFREE.COM)
Date: 15 Dec 92 16:51:00 GMT
Reply-To: gavron@ACES.COM
Organization: ACES Consulting Inc.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <1992Dec14.130233.1@slacvx.slac.stanford.edu>, fairfield@slacvx.slac.stanford.edu writes...
#I TRUST Ehud implicitly ;-p

Thanks :)

#    Oh come on!  Ehud has NEVER done anything on the net that indicates
#he's irresponsible or malicious.  Far from it, his answers are often
#helpful and insightfull.  It's just that he's verbally abusive on occasion...

Thanks :)

# 
#    OTOH, don't have a t.com, t.dat, v.com or vdh.* sitting in the directory
#you unpack the share file in...

Bzzt, check again... it's a ;, not a ;*.  You can have files with those
names there :)  (I thought of that too... ;-)

#--
# Dr. Kenneth H. Fairfield    |  Internet: Fairfield@Slac.Stanford.Edu
# SLAC, P.O.Box 4349, MS 98   |  DECnet:   45537::FAIRFIELD (45537=SLACVX)
# Stanford, CA   94309        |  BITNET    Fairfield@Slacvx
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# These opinions are mine, not SLAC's, Stanford's, nor the DOE's...

	Ehud

--
Ehud Gavron        (EG76)     
gavron@vesta.sunquest.com
What PROGRAM are they watching?
From: TWTICK@corral.uwyo.edu (Tom Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: How do you RUN a program with parameters?
Date: 13 Dec 92 05:26:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: Posse.1992Dec12.222644.9168
Organization: University of Wyoming



In article <1992Dec12.151824.8561@sobeco.com>, jpichett@sobeco.com (Jacques-Bertrand Pichette) said:
[ suggestions removed ]

> >People using other languages than C will have to use the RTL routine
> >LIB$GET_FOREIGN !
If you want to return the arguments (argv's), use lib$get_symbol instead of
lib$get_foreign.


Tom Wilson
twtick@Corral.UWyo.Edu
             .sig's are like excuses - everyone has one.
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.lang.c
From: kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick)
Subject: VMS c, case sensitivity and calls to VAXCRTL
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:12:42 GMT

In general g is case sensitive.

Is the VMS linkier case sensitive? Does it know the difference
between, eg, strcpy, STRCPY, StRcPy?

Thanks
-- 
Chris Kushmerick
kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov
From: MORRIS%PIMS3.decnet@PATRICK-PIMS.AF.MIL ("PIMS3::MORRIS")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: (sort of) Sysop checking mail
Date: 15 Dec 92 13:06:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Sort of on the same subject, a while back there was a woman fired from a 
major (to remain unamed) company.  She contends that they read her EMail
and based her firing on some things she said in what she considered personal
messages.  (I'm doing this from memory, and as my RAM seems to have many
parity errors lately, this may not be totally correct.)  I never heard a 
follow up to this case.  Does anyone have any info on it?  It does relate
to the question orginally asked.  I know many companies have issued policies
basically stating that it's there machine and they have the right to look
at everything on it.  

Course there's probably some other list where this discussion belongs but I
don't know where it's at.  I'm sure some kind soul will enlighten me.

j
morris@patrick-pims.af.mil
CIS:73007,3107
From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: ?Terminal I/O monitoring program around
Summary: see subject
Keywords: term i/o,monitoring,security
Date: 14 Dec 92 04:42:18 GMT


I'm wondering if there is a program that I can get ahold of that allows
a system manager to monitor (discretely) the activity of a user who is
logged on in VMS (5.4-3).  More specifically it should be able to peek
in on a TNdriver based terminal (UCX uses this).

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From: petem@sdipl1.sdi.oz.au (Peter J. MASON)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Sysop checking mail
Date: 16 Dec 92 05:20:52 GMT

ccdarg@dct.ac.uk (Alan Greig) writes:
>> # Can somebody tell me when it's legal and when it's illegal for a sysop to
>> # check another user's mail?
>> [...]
>> 

Is it relevent that only "mail" is being considered in this thread? Is the
situation different if a user saves mail items in a more general purpose file,
to be later perhaps read by a sysop? Seems to me that we really should be
talking about sysops peering over the fence generally, rather than merely at
mail items.
From: ccdarg@dct.ac.uk (Alan Greig)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Looking for ANY useful VMS utility program...
Date: 18 Dec 92 09:37:28 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In article <20158.2b2f3271@ul.ie>, 9118187@ul.ie writes:
> 
> Why has'nt anyone posted any good programs to this folder lately?

You want the group vmsnet.sources.
-- 
Alan Greig                            Janet: Alan@UK.AC.DUNDEE-TECH
Dundee Institute of Technology	   Internet: Alan@DCT.AC.UK
Tel: (0382) 308810                 Int: +44 382 308810
              -- There is only one true conspiracy --
From: gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Unable to create DECterm
Date: 12 Dec 92 07:20:00 GMT
Reply-To: gavron@ACES.COM
Organization: ACES Consulting Inc.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <1360@se.alcbel.be>, mvbr@se.alcbel.be writes...
# 
#--
#I want to create a DECterm on a system and display it on my workstation. On the
#system I execute the command CREATE/TERM/DETACHED/DISPLAY=workst::0/...
#It takes about a minute before I get the error message :
#    %SYSTEM-F-NOLOGNAM, no logical name match
#The ommission of /DETACHED does not influence the error
#It used to work before, everything is OK with security, because I can do
#$ SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=workst
#$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:DECW$CLOCK
# 
#Anyone an idea ?

	Sure.  Correct the ::0 on the node specification.  It should read:
	$ create/term/detach/display=workst:0

# 
#-----------------------------------------------------------
#Marc Verbruggen                 tel : 03.240.94.19
#Alcatel Bell Telephone          fax : 03.240.99.50
#F. Wellesplein 1                email : mvbr@se.alcbel.be
#B-2018 Antwerp
#Belgium
# 
#"System Manager's Headaches Are Not Cured With Aspirin,
# There Is A Better Way ..."

	Ehud

--
Ehud Gavron        (EG76)     
gavron@vesta.sunquest.com
It don't mean a THING if you ain't got that SWING!!
From: jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Extension cable for DEC keyboard and mouse
Date: 13 Dec 92 18:59:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: ncsa.1992Dec13.185943.28477
Organization: The Dow Chemical Company
Originator: jsue@mars.ncsa.uiuc.edu

In article <9212111316.AA19473@uu3.psi.com> leichter@lrw.com (Jerry Leichter) writes:
>
>	we are looking for extension cables for DEC keyboards and mice. DEC
>	seems not to  sell thuis kind of stuff. Has anyone an idea where to
>	buy or even the connectors ?
>

Hmm... we just recieved a new VS4000/90, and with it came a mouse/keyboard
extension cable.  Since I'm at home right now, I don't have it nearby to
get the part number off of it.

Try calling DEC Direct to see if they know about it.  Failing that, 
maybe your local DEC sales force knows.


-- 
-----
Jeff Sue   
 - All opinions are mine -       (and you can't have any, nya nya nya)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: michael@chpc.utexas.edu (Michael Lemke)
Subject: Re: What should be in login.com?
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 23:07:14 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.105507.7408@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> linnoise@bigboy (LN) writes:
>Anything you want.  I have mine set up logicals and symbols to access dirs
>that have very long names, prompt me for various things like enabling OPCOM
>(check for interactive mode before prompting!), setting up mail to use EVE,
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Why do you do this in LOGIN.COM?  SET EDITOR TPU in *MAIL* exactly once 
is all you need.  It is remembered "for ever".

Michael
-- 
Michael Lemke
Astronomy, UT Austin, Texas
(michael@io.as.utexas.edu or UTSPAN::UTADNX::IO::MICHAEL [SPAN])
From: 92ADAMS@HANNA2.NLU.EDU (Erek Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE:  VMS-pascal/cls
Date: 21 Dec 92 00:51:50 GMT
Organization: The Internet

-> IS there a way to clear the screen in VMS pascal?
-> I don't mean a loop of writelns I want to CLEAR it.
-> Thank you please reply any way you want
-> 
-> 						Scott Weinstein


  Yes Scott there is.  I'm e-mailing the source to do what you need.  It also
will do any other VT100 compatible screen mutations.   If anyone else would
like a copy of the code, please send e-mail to 92ADAMS@HANNA2.NLU.EDU, and I'll
mail it right out!  

							Erek Adams

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|  Erek Adams, Student Programmer     |  SnailMail: 5330 DeSiard, #43         |
|  Northeast Louisiana University     |             Monroe, LA  71202         |
|  Monroe, Louisiana  71202           |  Work Phone: (318)-323-7468           |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: kega@nobeltech.se (Kent Gabrin)
Subject: Re: restricting access
Keywords: guest login
Organization: NobelTech AB
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:18:33 GMT

In article <3507@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> verhaar@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Henk Verhaar) writes:

...Many lines deleted...

>What I have tried is to set ACL's on all directories on my sys disk, stating:
>identifier=[guest], options=default, access=none (or something like this, this
>is from memory). As far as I could see, this restricts a guest login from

   At our site we have used ACL since nov 1985 (VMS V4.2) and we have
gained a lot of expierience:

1) ACE (Access Control Entry) of a directory file which has
OPTION=DEFAULT is _only_ an information that files created in the
directory (new ones) should receive the same ACE (line) but with
string OPTION=DEFAULT removed. It is NOT, I repeat NOT, a way to
permit or restrict access of the directory. Only ACE without
OPTION=DEFAULT is used to control access.

2.) If you know the FID (File Identification) of a file then the only
way to control access is the ACL or UIC protection of the file itself.
The protection of the directory above is NOT involved.

Summary: On sensitive directories you add an ACL with two (2) ACE:s.
One like: (IDENTIFIER=[GUEST], ACCESS=NONE)    and one like:
          (IDENTIFIER=[GUEST], OPTION=DEFAULT, ACCESS=NONE)

On each file in the sensitive directory you add the ACE:

          (IDENTIFIER=[GUEST], ACCESS=NONE)

Reconsider carefully if it is not worth the effort to create a captive
guest account. At our site we recommend ACLs and IDENTIFIERS to
_permit_ access, not to restrict access.

More information can be found in the following documentations:

Gude to VMS System Security (chapter 4.3)
Guide to Setting UP a VMS System (chapter 4.6)

Kent Gabrin   NobelTech Systems    ! My thinking is not as great as
S-175 88 Jaerfaella      Sweden    ! Oliver Berendinus Bumble /Will Try
KEGA@nobeltech.se ! System Manager (Since 1982) VAXCluster (Since 1985)
From: flaforest@ta.vkr.tnv.com (Fred LaForest)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Q: How to set auto spin-up on RZ23 drive on 3100.
Date: 14 Dec 92 11:57:09 EST
Organization: Vickers, Inc. - Troy, MI  USA

I have a VAX 3100/10e with internal RZ23 drives.  I will be replacing these
drives with newer and bigger drives.  The old RZ23's will be used elsewhere,
but, I seem to recall a note which stated that these drives required a
specific SCSI command to spin the drives up after the 3100 had powered up.

Is there a way to set the RZ23's to spin up automatically so that they can
be used on other platforms? (Which will not send out SCSI power/spin up
commands.)

Thanks.
-- 
Fred LaForest                     UUCP:  vtrm01!flaforest
VMS/UNIX/(Whatever else we have in the building) System Programmer
Vickers, Inc.                     GEnie:  FALAFOREST
Troy, MI  48007-0302
From: ARNE@ko.hhs.dk (Arne Vajhxj)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: How do I use the FILE utility to fix SAVE_SETS
Date: 12 Dec 92 09:00:59 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Tom Judson, who DID NOT SUPPLY A VALID EMAIL-ADDRESS asked:

> Could someone please tell me what is necessary to fix save sets that
> are transferred via a non-vax machine?
> 
> When I do BACKUP/LIST SAVE_SET.SAV/SAV,  I get "invalid record size
> in save set" errors.
> 
> I remember using the "FILE" utility to fix this somehow before, but I
> can't seem to use this utility to fix it now.  What are the steps
> necessary to fix this problem.

Well something like:

$ backup/list z.bck/sav

Listing of save set(s)

%BACKUP-E-READERR, error reading DISK2:[ARNE]Z.BCK;1
-BACKUP-E-BLOCKCRC, software block CRC error
%BACKUP-E-INVBLKSIZE, invalid block size in save set
%BACKUP-E-INVRECSIZ, invalid record size in save set
Save set:          Z.BCK
Written by:        ARNE        
UIC:               [000101,004444]
Date:              12-DEC-1992 09:54:17.13
Command:           BACKUP/LOG Z.Z;* Z.BCK/SAV
Operating system:  VAX/VMS version V5.5
BACKUP version:    V5.5
CPU ID register:   0A000005
Node name:         _KO::
Written on:        _$1$DIA2:
Block size:        32256
Group size:        10
Buffer count:      9

%BACKUP-E-INVRECSIZ, invalid record size in save set
%BACKUP-E-READERRS, excessive error rate reading DISK2:[ARNE]Z.BCK;1
-BACKUP-E-HDRCRC, software header CRC error
%BACKUP-I-OPERSPEC
%BACKUP-I-OPERASSIST, operator assistance has been requested

(we note the block size above)

$ file z.bck/rec=32256

$ backup/list z.bck/sav
Listing of save set(s)

Save set:          Z.BCK
Written by:        ARNE        
UIC:               [000101,004444]
Date:              12-DEC-1992 09:54:17.13
Command:           BACKUP/LOG Z.Z;* Z.BCK/SAV
Operating system:  VAX/VMS version V5.5
BACKUP version:    V5.5
CPU ID register:   0A000005
Node name:         _KO::
Written on:        _$1$DIA2:
Block size:        32256
Group size:        10
Buffer count:      9

[ARNE]Z.Z;1                                                 7  12-DEC-1992 09:04

Total of 1 file, 7 blocks
End of save set

                                                          Arne

Arne Vajhxj                             local DECNET:  KO::ARNE
Computer Department                     PSI:           PSI%23831001304030::ARNE
Business School of Southern Denmark     Internet:      ARNE@KO.HHS.DK
From: DWING@UH01.Colorado.EDU (Dan Wing)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DSNlink (do you know about it)
Date: 15 Dec 92 03:23:13 GMT
Organization: The Internet

"Mark Montaqez" <MONTANEZM@AHECAS.Colorado.EDU>, writes:

>I'm new to the LISTSERV lists, and was listing in this morning.... because
>thats all my terminal seems to be doing.... recieving new mail.... and I just
>wondered if you guys new about and used DSNlink.
>
>I have had it for about 2 months, and find that most of my can-it, does-it,
>what-if questions are answered quickly.....
>
>Anyway.... if the trafic keeps up on this list I won't be able to stay
>subscribed.... I'll have to go nomail and listen when I have the time....

Yes, almost everyone has heard of DSNlink.  Many have it.  However, the
combination of INFO-VAX and DSNlink is great for keeping your system running 
and solving problems.  

-Dan Wing, dwing@uh01.colorado.edu or wing_d@ucolmcc.bitnet (DGW11)
 Systems Administrator, University Hospital, Denver
From: david@ittpub.nl (David P. Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: How to make mailbox look like a real terminal ?
Date: 14 Dec 92 17:00:28 WET+0100
Distribution: world
Organization: ITT Publitec R+D BV, Amsterdam

In article <1gg0iqINN3fl@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
> In article <15064.2b2a3522@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>, viznyuk@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
>>Well, the problem is that
> =the subprocess which in this case
> =runs a DCL doesn't see the mailbox
> =as a "real" terminal. And so do other
> =utilities which I'm trying to run
> =in that subprocess. E.g. editor
> =kicks me out with "SYS$INPUT must be supported by CRT".
> =(What the hell is that CRT, btw ?)
> 
> Cathode Ray Tube.  I.e., a display terminal, as opposed to hard-copy terminal.
> 
> =The DCL, MAIL, etc don't respond with their
> =usual prompts (or maybe their prompts are being
> =re-directed elsewhere, and not to SYS$OUTPUT ?), etc.
> 
> That's because the mailbox is not a terminal (it doesn't have the bit set that
> says it is a terminal device).
>
The prompts just don't get issued. And mailboxes don't support timeouts and
other features of terminal i/o.
> 
> =So is there any way to make mailbox look like a real terminal ?
> =would strongly appreciate any constructive suggestions
> 
> If you're running a recent enough version of VMS, you can use the
> pseudo-terminal device for what you want.  I'm running an older version, so
> can't tell you offhand what the device name is nor where to find the
> documentation on using it.
>
FTDRIVER is documented from 5.4. Use the PTD$ routines for all pseudo-terminal
i/o. I can't remember which manual the stuff is in but it's well
documented and comes with pseudo code for a PHOTO program which is easy to
code.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David P. Morgan                        Internet: david@ittpub.nl
ITT Publitec R+D BV                    UUCP:     ...!sun4nl!ittpub!david
Amsterdam                              PSI:      020412905761212::DAVID
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (David Jones)
Subject: ramdisk operation counts
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:23:55 GMT

The DECRAM ram disk software includes a nifty little procedure, RAMDISK$STARTUP
in SYS$EXAMPLES for setting up a ram disk to hold selected system disk files
for faster access.  An option to this procedure after you've been running
awhile compares the relative hit rates between the system disk and the ramdisk.

The way the RAMDISK$STARTUP sets up the SYS$SYSROOT logical name may inflate
the operation count on the ram disk, making the impact of the ram disk harder
to judge.  The ramdisk is placed ahead of SYS$COMMON in SYS$SYSROOT, so
any access to a non-installed file in SYS$COMMON will incur a couple of
I/Os on the ram disk.  The ram disk is mounted /NOCACHE, so the directory
has to be searched every time a lookup is done for a non-installed file
(on its way to being found in SYS$COMMON).

Does anybody have any figures about what percentage of file accesses to
files in SYS$COMMON:[*...] are for non-installed files?  It's probably
pretty low, but it would be nice to have some number.

Since all the files my ramdisk holds are installed, I'm going to add a
step to RAMDISK$STARTUP that moves the ramdisk to the end of the list after
the installed files are moved over.

David L. Jones               |      Phone:    (614) 292-6929
Ohio State Unviversity       |      Internet:
1971 Neil Ave. Rm. 406       |               jonesd@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu
Columbus, OH 43210           |               jones-d@eng.ohio-state.edu

Disclaimer: A repudiation of a claim.
From: leichter@lrw.com (Jerry Leichter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: PROBLEM WITH VAX C
Date: 12 Dec 92 12:12:30 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


	when I have in Borland C two string-constants without a delimitor in
	the code, the compiler merges them to one.

	On VAX-C I receive a message that there is a comma missing between the
	two constants.

	how can I force the merging of the constants in VAX-C?

You can't.

	in Borland C following two lines are equal after compiling:

	    printf("one " "two ");

	    printf("one two ");

In VAX C, the first one is in error.

Merging of adjacent string constants was an ANSI C invention.  I don't know
whether Borland C is fully ANSI compatible, but it certainly seems to support
this feature.  VAX C does NOT claim it is ANSI C compatible, and while it
supports many ANSI C features, it does NOT support this one.

							-- Jerry
From: dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Dwight D. Moore)
Subject: Re: Sysop checking mail
Originator: usenet@kittyhawk.ecn.uoknor.edu
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:46:48 GMT
Reply-To: dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu
Organization: Geosciences Computing Network, Univ. of Oklahoma

In article <BzEv57.CEq@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Dwight D. Moore)
writes:
|>I believe therer is a 1986 (?) Law that addresses the privacy of electronic
|>mail. It is illegal for a system manager, or anyone else for that matter, to
|>read another person's mail. Mail,  e-mail included, is considered private
|>property, even if you do manage the  system. I  have misplaced the
|>reference, maybe someone else has it handy?
|>
oops...found it:

(As per Bruce Hunter's System Administration column in Open Systems Today, August 31, 1992:)

"The Electronics Communications Act of 1986 makes it a felony (in specific
instances) to read other people's electronic mail."

Any more details, anyone?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dwight D. Moore
Geosciences Computing Network
University of Oklahoma

dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (129.15.40.10)
These opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of OU or the GCN.
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From: scjones@thor.sdrc.com (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: C programming question under VMS
Keywords: VMS,C
Date: 14 Dec 92 21:54:06 GMT

In article <Bz1s8H.55C@micrognosis.co.uk>, nreadwin@micrognosis.co.uk (Neil Readwin) writes:
> |> In article <2354@sdrc.COM> daniel.seewer@sdrc.com (Dan Seewer) writes:
> |> >	How can I, in C under VMS, truncate a file but preserve the 
> |> >	version number (I want to preserve all the filesystem specifics about
> 
> You can do what the original poster
> asked by opening with mode "a+" and the using fseek to rewind the file.

If that really overwrites the previous contents of the file, it's a bug
in VAXCRTL and should not be relied upon.  Append mode is supposed to
force all writes to the end of the file *reguardless* of intervening
file positioning calls.

----
Larry Jones, SDRC, 2000 Eastman Dr., Milford, OH  45150-2789  513-576-2070
larry.jones@sdrc.com  or  ...uunet!sdrc!larry.jones
I obey the letter of the law, if not the spirit. -- Calvin
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: brian@dsm.fordham.edu (Brian Downing)
Subject: How to make only one file readable?
Organization: Fordham University/CLC, Division of Science and Math
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 11:34:31 GMT


 I've written a .plan file and when I FINGER myuserid it prints the
 .plan file. I use this as a reminder like utility, adding todo info
 to the .plan and my login.com has a line $ FINGER myuserid
 in it. I want other people to be able to get this info but because of
 file protections it doesn't get printed. I don't really want to
 bother with ACL's because there's too many people that I'd like to be
 able to access this information. Is there some way to set this up?
 Oh yeah, we're running VMS 5.5 with MULTINET for TCP/IP services.
 Thanks in advance, if I get an answer I'll post a summary here.
--

 Brian...

 brian downing@->fordham university, nyc ny
         brian@dsm.fordham.edu       bdowning@mary.fordham.edu