[HECnet] PyDECnet setup

[Keith Halewood]

Ooops,

>From Dune, I did an NCP TELL IX"SYSTEM password" SET EXEC STATE OFF and...
....the logical link was aborted.

Good job it's not exactly remote.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Wilm Boerhout
Sent: 17 November 2021 17:45
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] PyDECnet setup

Not all at once, please, but try and turn DECnet off on PIVAX0::, by all means...

Wilm

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Robert Armstrong
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 6:29 PM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: RE: [HECnet] PyDECnet setup

> Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>And I just did a check in RSX. Please, people, do not do this in 
>general. But yes, I could turn off another node by just issuing that 
>command.
>DECnet and security? Not in the same sentence...

  I think Paul was going to implement some kind of rudimentary access control.  DECnet does have a privileged and a non-privileged password after all.  

> I wonder if I shouldn't maybe do something about that...

  I wonder if you can turn off VMS DECnet remotely too?  I'm a little afraid to try...

Bob