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From: KCAVANAGH@cbe.ab.ca ("Kevin Cavanagh, Tech Analyst, Local 8320")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Application Manager
Date: 28 Sep 92 17:14:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Not sure this question fits under the INFO-VAX forum but I'll start here
anyway since it involves VAX platforms and likely VMS rights idents, UICs
ACLs, etc.

We are currently rethinking the way we "deliver" our applications to users.
Presently, we have a number of different accounts for various types of 
applications (eg. FINxxx for finance, INVxxx for inventory, etc).  It is 
possible that a particular user would access several different accounts 
during the course of a day.  Additionally, they would also access their 
own personal username which they use for MAIL, etc.  This creates many
hardships for the users, least of which is remembering the passwords to
all the various usernames.

Ideally, we would like to eliminate the notion of application specific
accounts and use personal accounts for everything.  For example, user
JBLOW would login, a menu would then be presented with the applications
this particular user has been authorized to run and away they go.

I have been chosen as the lucky one to design and build this so called 
"application manager".  Before totally reinventing the wheel, I thought
I'd check to see if anyone else is doing something similar in nature
out there.  If so, I'd be interested in hearing your war stories.

Please respond directly to KCAVANAGH@CBE.AB.CA

Thanks in advance!

Kevin Cavanagh
From: tillman@swdev.si.com ("Brian Tillman, Smiths Industries, VAX Support, x8425")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Utility to delete 0 block file
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:22:01 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

>I have thought of doing this, [deleting zero-length files] so as to clean up 
>the entire installation of useless files.  But, I have been afraid there might
>be some system situations whereby the file was needed.  One case which comes to
>mind might be where in real time the file just got created, but has not been
>written into yet.
>
>Can any guru give some examples which are more exotic?

Yes.  CDD/Repository V5.1 requires files in the repository directory that 
indicate subdirectories of the CDD.  These zero-length files are required to 
exist, but they are zero-length.

-----------------------------+--------------------------------
 Brian Tillman               | Internet: tillman@swdev.si.com
 Smiths Industries, Inc.     |           tillman_brian@si.com
 4141 Eastern Ave., MS129    | Hey, I said this stuff myself.
 Grand Rapids, MI 49518-8727 | My company has no part in it.
-----------------------------+--------------------------------
From: CAPTANSKI33@SNYCORVA.BITNET (CHRIS TANSKI)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Nobroadcast
Date: 29 Sep 92 00:45:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I know this is an FAQ so please reply directly to the above address. I
am having trouble setting nobroadcast for my acct. I type:

$ SET BROADCAST=NONE

However I still get phone calls and mail etc. How do I set it so I
don't get anything? Thanks.

Chris Tanski
From: cordelkj@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Kevin John Cordell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Looking for code to simulate another user
Date: 3 Oct 92 16:49:33 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.vms, vmsnet.internals
Organization: University of Cincinnati


I would like  to find some code in Macro preferably, so that I can
test users accounts and simulate them.  When users have problems it
would be much easier for me to 'become' them and test their account
instead of changing their password, doing it, then telling them that
they must reset their password since I changed it.   I have been
working with a VAX running VMS for over 3 yrs, but security and all is
still new to me.  I am learning everyday...

Thanks in advance for your help.. please email responses to me..

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From: jerry@marin.uucp (Jerry C. Hudgins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.sysmgt,vmsnet.misc
Subject: Re: Please don't post system management questions to vmsnet.admin
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 29 Sep 92 23:44:27 EDT
Organization: Private UUCP Node

In article <zp+p5jc.rbp@netcom.com> rbp@netcom.com (Bob Pasker) writes:
> terry, it seems your sycophants have voted you emperor of vmsnet
> again, so i guess my comments were out of line.  i sure hope you have
> a successor picked, we can't have these guys wandering aimlessly
> around the net looking for a new net.god.
> 
> -- 
> --- bob pasker
> ---- rbp@netcom.com

Sounds like you have a problem you should take off-line to E-mail, if it's
important enough to continue (which I personally doubt).

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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Dual monitor on VS3100: HELP!
Date: 3 Oct 92 17:21:45 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <1992Oct2.224124.18064@thijssen.nl>, lamhof@thijssen.nl (Lambert Hofstra) writes:
> Some time ago, someone explained how to connect a second monitor to a
> VAXstation 3100. I already have the cable that splits the video output
> into a black and white, and a color signal (RGB). This also works in
> console mode ( test 61 and test 81 for a "EEEEEEEE" pattern on the bw
> and color monitor resp.). I want to use this in VMS, but can't find how
> to connect the BW video controller. The system starts on the color
> monitor, and i can start DECWindows.

  Look in SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE. It shows a variety
of examples. In particular, I think you want something like:

$ ! A dual headed VS2000 or VS3100 system. This configuration has only one
$ ! keyboard and mouse, and has a single color and a single monochrome
$ ! monitor. Set the monitor density to 100 dpi for both screens. There
$ ! is only one font path for a server regardless of the number of screens.
$ ! The font density is chosen from the dpi of the first screen so to be
$ ! consistent force both screens to be set to the same dpi.
$ !
$do_VS2HD:
$ run sys$system:sysgen 
connect gca0/adap=0/csr=%X5000/vect=%o400/numv=01/driver=gcbdriver
$ decw$color == "T,F"
$ if f$getdvi("GAA0","EXISTS") then decw$device == "GAA0,GCA0"
$ if f$getdvi("GEA0","EXISTS") then decw$device == "GEA0,GCA0"
$ decw$server_density == "100,100"
$ 
$ exit

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	+1 201 915 9381
From: cindy@berkp.uadv.uci.edu (Cindy Windham)
Subject: Bogus survey calls
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Organization: University Advancement, University of Calif., Irvine
Distribution: usa
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:12:34 GMT

I just received a call from someone claiming to be conducting a survey
for Executive Software.  He started out asking alot of legitimate
questions like, "What kinds of applications are you running on your VAX?",
and "Do you have a clustered environment", etc.  Then, towards the end
of the "survey", he asked me the following questions:  "How old are you?",
"Are you married?", and "Do you have any children?"  !!!  Has anyone else
received similar calls?  If so, please e-mail me, with the name of the
caller (I didn't make a mental note of it) and company he supposedly 
represents.  I called Executive Software, and they said that they are sorry
that this happened, but that none of their sales reps have called me since
March!

- Cindy Windham
  windham@uniadv.uadv.uci.edu
From: marra@samuel.enet.dec.com (Dave Marra)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: 4000-VLCs stuck with "operator" window after boot
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:37:52 GMT
Reply-To: marra@samuel.enet.dec.com (Dave Marra)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Hudson, NH



RE: about the operators' console on a 4000/VLC...

To disable the operator's console on a machine running VMS and DECwindows/Motif
you place the following lines near the end of SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM

$       define /system OPC$OPA0_ENABLE "FALSE"
$       define /system OPC$LOGFILE_ENABLE "TRUE"
$       define /system OPC$LOGFILE_CLASSES "CENTRAL,SECURITY"

... at least that's what I have and it's been working for years, the first one
is the important one.

Are you sure that the sylogicals is being executed in it's entirety on the
VLC?  from the running system, do a $SHOW LOGICAL OPC* and see if they are
defined as mentioned above (at least the first one).  

also, check to make sure that DECwindows is actually started on that node, is
the license valid etc... (a $ SHOW SYS will tell you, look for a server)

						.dave.

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From: munroe@dmc.com (Dick Munroe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: SEEKING USEFUL EDIT/TPU PROCEDURES
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:25:08 EDT
Organization: Doyle, Munroe Consultants, Inc., Hudson, MA

In article <BvALMn.G3o@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, ritley@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu () writes:
> 
> Many people have recommended that I learn EDIT/TPU, rather than
> continue using EDT --- many thanks to all who responded to my
> recent question regarding these editors.
> 
> I have recently begun learning EDIT/TPU ("EVE"), and it would be nice
> to obtain some useful procedures written to customoize this editor,
> in order to see what can be done with this editor, and also
> to serve as examples in learning TPU.
> 
> Might anyone know of any procedures which are 
> available in the public domiain, or might anyone be willing to share
> useful procedures they have writeten?
> 
> Many thanks!

Check out the VMSNET.TPU news group.  They support an archive of "stuff"
that's all in the public domain.  The Info-VAX FAQ has a pointer to the
archive for their sofware.
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From: Kc.Tam@f1.n700.z6.fidonet.org (Kc Tam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: LASTCP> START NODE
Date: 29 Sep 92 06:44:20 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


Before VMS V5.4-3, we use the cluster alias name as the node name
for LASTCP. Now, VMS V5.4-3's ESS$LAST_STARTUP.COM will fail if
the intended LASTCP node name is not the VMS node name which runs it.

Does anyone know why such checking is added ? 

I've modified the startup command file to bypass the checking and it works.
Should I continue to do so ?

Thanks for any idea.

KC Tam (88175839@CPHKVX.BITNET)
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From: MCMAHON@AC.GRIN.EDU ("McMahon,Brian D")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Macintosh to DEClaser
Date: 6 Oct 92 15:02:06 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

The Fall '92 DESKTOP DIRECT catalog (p. 57) contains a listing for an
"AppleTalk Ethernet Card," order no. FR-LNXX-AT, which is supposed to
include a Mac driver "to access all printer features" of the DEClaser
2150/2250.  This is the first I've heard of such a beast, but it sounds
very interesting -- we have several DEClasers around, and a mixed bag of
Macintosh (running AlisaTalk) and DECpc (running PATHWORKS) boxes on our
Ethernet.  We'd love to let the Mac users get to 2250 features like duplex
printing, but I wonder....

For one thing, the catalog write-up says "Ethernet" in the title, but in
the body of the text calls it a LocalTalk (SlooooowTalk) card, which would
make it a completely different (useless to us) beast.  Not surprising,
really -- Digital's catalogs haven't been particularly strong on product
names and terminology, in my experience.  But which one is it?

And what about that driver?  I wonder what it actually does ... phone calls
to DEC have shed only the dimmest light on that question (mumbling about
different fonts, which I expect from a PostScript printer anyway).  What we
really want is a driver that would let us select things like duplex,
number-up, and input trays, all from the Mac print dialog, without having
to set up as many queues or receivers per printer as there are possible
combinations of print options.  The much-heralded Apple-Digital alliance
doesn't seem to extend to things like printing, though.  8-|

Ideas, anyone?  Suggestions are welcome.

Brian McMahon (BDM13)    <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET>    <MCMAHON@AC.GRIN.EDU>
Postmaster / Acad. Software Support   Grinnell College Computer Services
Grinnell, Iowa 50112 USA   Voice: +1 515 269 4901   Fax: +1 515 269 4936
From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Where is Nick de Smith?
Date: 1 Oct 92 05:03:55 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

In article <30SEP199209333049@misvax.mis.arizona.edu>, kaplan@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (RayK) writes:
> Appologies for obvious brainfade.  Can anyone point me toward Nick de Smith
> (He's known to post here - I've tried the obvious places).  Thanks in
> advance.

  I recall a posting some months ago where he said that he was going to take
up cabinetmaking or something... However, I think I've seen a more recent 
post from him, with a new address?

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	+1 201 915 9381
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: grant@erich.triumf.ca (Peter A. Grant)
Subject: Summary of BACKUP/VERIFY error responses
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:29:00 GMT

As a "summary" of the two responses I received from my query about the 
verification errors I encountered doing a stand-alone BACKUP/IMAGE/VERIFY,
I would like to first thank:

   Carl J Lydick (CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU)
   Nigel Arnot (NRA%ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk)

The problem is a bug which I guess we've just been lucky not to have run 
into really in the past ten years.  "The blocks which are giving the verify 
errors will be between the end of the data and the end of the
allocated space in the file.  The file will usually (not always) be an ISAM
database, such as SYSUAF."

One can check each file that had verification errors to be sure that the 
blocks in error were the either the last block used or one that has just 
been allocated.

"$ DIR SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT /SIZE=ALL

 SYSUAF.DAT	58/64

ie 58 blocks used out of 64 allocated.  Verify errors are likely on
blocks 59 through 64."  And also perhaps on block 58.


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From: 9111298@ul.ie
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: SUBSCRIBE INFO-VAX
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:38:37 GMT
Organization: University of Limerick, Ireland

subscribe info-vax
From: ACCESS@KRDC.INT.ALCAN.CA (Shawn Allin - Alcan KRDC Computer Services)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Has anyone compiled CSWING with GNU C?
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:08:49 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Date sent:  30-SEP-1992 08:06:06 

     The subject says it all; has anyone compiled CSWING (3.6.2) with GNU C?
     It's not critical, we're happily using it right now compiled with 
     VAXC, but we're looking at getting rid of VAXC in the future...

     Thanks,

     Shawn Allin
     Alcan International Ltd.,
     P.O. Box 8400,
     Kingston, Ont.,
     Canada  K7L 5L9
     (613) 541-2178

     ACCESS@KRDC.INT.Alcan.CA
From: vaughan@sjh.org (Tom Vaughan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: MTI CIQBA - Is it worth it?
Date: 23 Sep 92 21:08:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: St. Joseph Hospital, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

-- 
  Anyone have experience with Micro Technology's CIQBA for the VAx 4000?

  I would like to hear your experience.

Tom
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Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: liuxia@wam.umd.edu (New VaxHacker)
Subject: temp directory  on VMS?
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:27:13 GMT

I am new to VMS and have a very trivial question for you
experts out there. Is there a /tmp or /var/tmp place like
we have in UNIX on VMS? I found at times when I want to 
download a big file by ftp, I have to clear some of my own 
files out otherwise I will run out of memory.

Please send me mail and thanks for any help.

Liu Xia
From: spinillo@MARYWOOD1.MARYWOOD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Pathworks List
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:00:49 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I know I saw this sometime ago, but can someone supply me with
the address to subscribe to the pathworks list?

thanks in advance


tony


Anthony Spinillo - Tech Services
Marywood College   717 348 6215
Scranton, PA 19509
spinillo@marywood1.marywood.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: themos@umbc5.umbc.edu (Mr. Themos Pentakalos; ADMIN-COMP)
Subject: outgoing modems
Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:51:09 GMT

HI everyone,

First of all, if this question sounds stupid, don't get on my back.
I am asking this for a system programmer here at work who has been
assigned a project a bit out of his horizons.

The project is to write a phone book that uses the network's
outgoing modems. ALthough the prefered language is ADA (???),
any language will do for the following:

He has absolutely no idea what system services to use to manipulate
the outgoing modems. He doesn't even know where to look. Since I am
supposed to "know" these things, I was asked to provide him with
information... So..... hhmmm.....

Any ideas? Where should I start?

Thanks and please reply to :   themos@umbc5.umbc.edu

Themos
From: sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: System-Call for (DCL) SET PROMPT
Date: 27 Sep 92 09:37:17 GMT
Organization: Enea Data AB

Rehfeld Tobias (S_REHFELD@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de) writes:
>How can one change the DCL-prompt from a highlevel programing language,
>like DCLs SET PROMPT does?

There was code posted to this in kernel mode (although executive
suffices), however I like to point that depending on what you are 
looking for, a final LIB$DO_COMMAND in your program may be a better 
solution. If your program has to be installed with priviledges of
other reasons, then of course it's all the same, but installing
a program with CMEXEC only because it changes the prompt is a bit
unnecessary.

Note that to retrieve the current prompt you don't need any priviledges.
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From: ARNE@ko.hhs.dk (Arne Vajhxj)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Set protection in pascal or c...
Date: 27 Sep 92 19:53:06 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

>      I need some sample code on how to do the dcl equivilant to SET
> PROTECTION=.  I know how to do a SET PROTECTION/DEFAULT...but the other has
> escaped me.

You need to use RMS routines !

Small PASCAL example:

[inherit('sys$library:starlet')]

program z(input,output);

type
   string = varying [256] of char;
   grpmem = record
               case boolean of
                  true  : (mem,grp : [word] 0..65535;);
                  false : (dummy   : unsigned;);
            end;
   protmask = record
                 case boolean of
                    true  : (mask  : packed array [0..15] of boolean;);
                    false : (dummy : [word] 0..65535;);
              end;

var
   fabblk : FAB$TYPE;
   xabblk : XAB$TYPE;
   fnm    : string;
   uic    : grpmem;
   prot   : protmask;
   stat   : integer;
   i      : integer;

begin
   fnm:='LOGIN.COM';
   fabblk.FAB$B_BID:=FAB$C_BID;
   fabblk.FAB$B_BLN:=FAB$C_BLN;
   fabblk.FAB$B_FAC:=FAB$M_UPD;
   fabblk.FAB$B_FNS:=fnm.length;
   fabblk.FAB$L_FNA:=iaddress(fnm.body);
   fabblk.FAB$L_XAB:=iaddress(xabblk);
   xabblk.XAB$B_COD:=XAB$C_PRO;
   xabblk.XAB$B_BLN:=XAB$C_PROLEN;
   xabblk.XAB$L_NXT:=0;
   (* display owner & protection *)
   stat:=$open(fab:=fabblk);
   uic.dummy:=xabblk.XAB$L_UIC;
   prot.dummy:=xabblk.XAB$W_PRO;
   stat:=$close(fab:=fabblk);
   writeln('UIC=[',oct(uic.grp),',',oct(uic.mem),']');
   write('protection=');
   for i:=0 to 15 do write((not prot.mask[i]):1);
   writeln;
   (* change protection to W:E *)
   stat:=$open(fab:=fabblk);
   prot.dummy:=xabblk.XAB$W_PRO;
   prot.mask[14]:=not(true);
   xabblk.XAB$W_PRO:=prot.dummy;
   stat:=$close(fab:=fabblk);
   (* display owner & protection *)
   stat:=$open(fab:=fabblk);
   uic.dummy:=xabblk.XAB$L_UIC;
   prot.dummy:=xabblk.XAB$W_PRO;
   stat:=$close(fab:=fabblk);
   writeln('UIC=[',oct(uic.grp),',',oct(uic.mem),']');
   write('protection=');
   for i:=0 to 15 do write((not prot.mask[i]):1);
   writeln;
end.

Hope it helps !


                                                          Arne

Arne Vajhxj                             local DECNET:  KO::ARNE
Computer Department                     PSI:           PSI%23831001304030::ARNE
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Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.internals
From: sommar@enea.se (Erland Sommarskog)
Subject: Improvement of the shareable-image concept
Organization: Enea Data AB
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 20:44:59 GMT

Garry Wiegand (garry@ithaca.com) writes:
>DEC ought to redo their shareable-image technology. The current method
>was invented almost 15 years ago and has a variety of problems.

Hm, maybe. But then may I ask, what do you suggest? After all,
the underlying problem to be addressed is: in version N of
the image there is a set X of routines, but in version N+1
the routine set is X+Y. If I develop an image against N+1 and
use routines from the Y set, my program will never work against
version N of the image. I can see some kludges to alleviate
the case when you use only the X set in version N+1, but they
don't look very tempting to me.
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