You can use SYS$WELCOME to display a system-specific
welcome message at login. The message could inform users of scheduled
down time, recent updates to the system, whom to contact about system
problems, and so forth. A template file is provided by the operating
system. To create your own SYS$WELCOME file, do the following:
Copy
the template file using the following command:
$ COPY SYS$MANAGER:WELCOME.TXT SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR]WELCOME.TXT |
For a clusterwide welcome message,
you can copy the file to SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR].
Replace
the text in SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSMGR]WELCOME.TXT with text specific to
your system.
Edit
SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM to remove the exclamation point (!)
from the line that defines SYS$WELCOME.
If you do not want to use a node-specific welcome
file, you can optionally define the logical in SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
to display a message, such as in the following example:
$ DEFINE SYS$WELCOME “Welcome to node HOMER” |
For more information about creating login welcome
messages, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume
1: Essentials.
