Conference noted::hackers_v1

391.0. "new LOGINOUT for lat and virtual terminals" by YALI::LASTOVICA (Norm Lastovica) Wed Jan 28 1987 17:08

    With VMS version 4, the auto login facility of LOGINOUT became less
    effective as the virtual terminal name was used as the key into
    the ALF file instead of the physical terminal name.  This prevents
    auto logins from a specific terminal when virtual terminals are
    in use.  In addition, at sites where the majority (if not all) access
    to systems is via LAT line, the auto login also will not do what
    you wish because the LATnnn terminal name has no association with
    the physical terminal.
    
    To address these issues, I've worked up a 4.5 LOGINOUT that will
    use the physical terminal name when looking for the terminal in
    the ALF file and will also look up the unique port/server name in
    the ALF file if there was no match on the physical terminal name.
    This scheme allows auto logins from specific port/server combinations
    as well as from a specific hard-wired terminal when virtual terminals
    are enabled.
    
    The changes to loginout consisted of calling a routine that returns
    the port/server name if the terminal is a LAT device.  This string
    is then used as in key when looking in the ALF file.  The physical
    terminal lookup was fixed by changing an item in the GETDVI call
    when determining the terminal name.
    
    If you are interested in either of these changes, please let me
    know.  This code is unsupported and though it works here on a daily
    basis, please don't think that it will forever.  I've submited a
    QAR on the virtual terminal issue and a phase 0 note on the LAT
    issue in hopes that sometime in the future this will all be supported.