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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

3075.0. "Captive shutdown?" by BERN01::SIMONS (Paul Simons 'The European' EIS @EBO) Fri Jul 13 1990 09:49

    I did search for a ref. honest! and this might not be the right
    notes file..
    
    One of my customers would like to have the following...
                             
    On the Login window he would like to type in either "shutdown" or
    "reboot" and then maybe a password. The system would then do what
    it was told. This would enable the owner of the cluster member to
    switch of his/her workstation at night/the weekend/holiday's etc
    without having to get the system manager to do it all.
    
    I would like to know ...
    
    If this has already been done.
    What are the settings for the UAF entry.
    ..etc..
    
    I have tried using a "captive" a/c but this is not allowed, any
    help welcome.
    
    Paul.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3075.1	'Course, they'd be able to bring down the boot node, too	PEACHS::MITCHAM	Andy in Alpharetta (near Atlanta)	`Fri Jul 13 1990 15:02`	7
	Why not create a privileged account called SHUTDOWN with a LOGIN.COM with the following contents: $ SHUTDOWN == "@SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN 0 SHUTDOWN YES NO LATER NO NONE" $ SHUTDOWN -Andy
3075.2	nps$shutdown	VMSSG::J_OTTERSON		`Mon Jul 16 1990 17:08`	5
	There is a tool somewhere (toolshed? assets?) called NPS$SHUTDOWN. This tool will allow a non-privved user to shutdown certain nodes. this might be what you want. Jeff.
3075.3	NPS$SHutdown broken for VMS 5.4	TARKIN::AHO	Skeet addict...	`Tue Nov 13 1990 11:34`	14
	re .0 I'm not sure if you've opted for the Nps$shutdown procedure or not, but be aware that due to the alogorithm used for VMS 5.4 for passwords the NPS$SHUTDOWN procedure doesn't work. I haven't found the "kit" anywhere so I can't re-install it to see if that fixes the problem, so if someone out there has a fix please respond to this note... Thanks, Mike