[HECnet] Introduction

[H Vlems]

Now I have a couple of VMS systems running which greatly improves my aging
memory ;-) And will keep my electricity meter spinning a lot faster too.

The contents of the DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM file:

$ set verify
$ decw$server_page_file== 160000
$ decw$xsize_in_pixels == 1280
$ decw$ysize_in_pixels == 1024
$ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth   24
$ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_refresh_rate 75
$ set noverify

The file ought to be in: SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]
The set verify and set noverify commands are similar to ECHO ON and OFF in
DOS.
When the script is found by the startup procedure then you'll notice its
output on the console.

To clarify the logicalname problem you're having in deleting and copying the
private server file, have a look at this:

$ dir sys$manager:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM
%DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found
$ dir sys$startup:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM
%DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found
$ sho log sys$manager
    "SYS$MANAGER" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
$ sh log sys$startup
    "SYS$STARTUP" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYS$STARTUP]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
              = "SYS$MANAGER"
1   "SYS$MANAGER" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
$

VMS owes a lot of its flexibility to the logical name concept. Logical names
are more than just an easy to remember and fixed label for a system property
that will use different hardware with all kinds of physical names. 
SYS$STARTUP is a logical name AND a search list. It translates first to
sys$sysroot:[sys$startup] where sys$sysroot is yet another logical name.
If the file is not found there, it will in turn look in sys$manager.
While copying, deleteing or modifying (edting) files you'd better change the
default directory to the real directory where the file actually resides in.
Hans 


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Van: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] Namens
Mark Benson
Verzonden: zaterdag, juni 2011 9:27
Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Introduction


On 18 Jun 2011, at 08:08, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote:

OK, that's clear. After breakfast I will post more. 
deleting a file under vms requires:
- the full name
- sufficient rights and/or privileges
A full filename means that the version numver must be included. 
DEL X.X wont work while DEL X.X;2 will
Wildcards are permitted. 

If it is a security setting, try DIR/SEC *.COM. The protection is given
for 4 (system) O (owner) G (group) or W (world). 
Can you post the command you entered?

Yeah I read up and worked out the version thing 

DELETE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM (obviously didn't work)
DELETE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM;
DELETE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM;*

Non worked. All reported the file wasn't there (but by a different path
which I can't recall) I was in Minimal boot mode (which cunningly you don't
seem to be able to use the EDIT command in).

I think I need to dig out an ethernet card for my terminal machine (old
Toshiba Sat Pro laptop with a real serial port) so I can copy this stuff out
of the terminal into e-mails better.

Just to clarify as a default install OpenVMS did no create this file, I had
to manually copy SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.TEMPLATE over to
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM to create it. This is covered in
the HP docs and by Steve Hoffman.

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