[HECnet] Disallow login on DZ line in VMS

[Keith Halewood]

Don't forget that a process can also allocate a device for exclusive access, long before it has opened a channel to it. That also  removes it from JOB_CONTROL's influence.

K

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Mark J. Blair
Sent: 20 December 2021 22:06
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] Disallow login on DZ line in VMS


On Dec 20, 2021, at 1:50 PM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
> I don't know the VMS answer but I can give the RSTS answer: in V9 (I think) and later, set terminal/nointeractive" means the terminal can only be used as an application I/O device or DECnet line, not as a login terminal.

That function appears to also exist VMS, but may be under-documented.

Thanks for the hints, everybody. Now I hope I can make note of this someplace where I'll find it again when I have a concrete application to implement.

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