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The Question is: Having administered both NT and UNIX environments, I have become accustomed to logon scripts and the like. I am, however, unfamiliar with how OpenVMS logon scripts work. While logging onto a terminal, I tried to kill the logon script with ^C, ^Y, ^Z, esc, and various other combos. I was unable to kill the logon script. The real problem is that the system automatically logs into an Oracle database to which I don't have rights to. All I want to do is to suspend that task and get to a command prompt. Please refer me to a good command reference book or web site. Thanks. The Answer is :
The OpenVMS login command procedures are typically SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM
(see the system-wide SYS$SYLOGIN logical name) and LOGIN.COM (see the user
entry in SYSUAF). These login command procedures can be executed in a
captive (or restricted) context, and they can also be executed in a
non-captive context.
Given that you have tried ^Y, it would appear your username is one of these
that are marked CAPTIVE (or RESTRICTED). CAPTIVE (and RESTRICTED) usernames
are explicitly prevented from exiting the script via ^Y and other means,
and are also precluded from using various of the available qualifiers that
can be specified on the username prompt during the login sequence.
Please contact your site system manager for assistance with this. If you
are the site system manager, please check the settings of the username in
question in the SYSUAF, via the AUTHORIZE tool.
For information on this, please see:
http://www.openvms.digital.com:81/ssb71/6346/6346p010.htm#heading_7.2
or see your local copy of the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
Books that cover this include the _OpenVMS Guide to System Security_ in
the OpenVMS manual set, and the Digital Press _Guide to Writing Real
Programs in DCL_ book (and specifically the second edition of this book).
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