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Limiting interactive logins? (MAXJOBS)

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The Question is:

 
We are currently using DEC MailWorks (DMW), along with Message Router
and PMDF, as our mail system. Because of a problem of our users not
logging out, we have set MAXJOBS to 1 (a long time ago). The problem
we're experiencing is a warning on OPCOM whenever someone sends an
e-mail:
 
%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  27-MAY-1999 12:15:10.66  %%%%%%%%%%%    (from node VAXB
at 27-MAY-1999 12:15:07.03)
Message from user AUDIT$SERVER on VAXB
Security alarm (SECURITY) and security audit (SECURITY) on VAXB, system id:
1145
Auditable event:          Batch process login failure
Event time:               27-MAY-1999 12:15:07.01
PID:                      20E0964A
Process name:             BATCH_195
Username:                 POLO1
Process owner:            [MARCO,POLO1]
Image name:               $1$DIA0:[SYS1.SYSCOMMON.][SYSEXE]LOGINOUT.EXE
Status:                   %LOGIN-F-USEREXC, you are at maximum allowed
processes for your user name
 
 
This may have always existed but it's just now surfacing after updating to
VMS 6.2.
 
X4MAN reports version 1.3A-3.
 
 
Is there something I can change to avoid this error while still
allowing only one login for each user?
 
Thanks for all your help.
 

The Answer is :

 
  The OpenVMS Wizard would recommend checking for other logins for this
  user via DCL in SYLOGIN.COM.  Lexical functions such as f$getjpi can
  be used to determine the attributes of the current user as part of an
  INTERACTIVE login, and if there are any other instances of this user
  logged in on the local node or in an OpenVMS Cluster.  (Make sure you
  code the check for INTERACTIVE mode, and skip it for any other modes
  that might be executing SYLOGIN.COM -- use the f$getjpi MODE item or
  the f$mode lexical to determine the mode for the current process.)
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 28-MAY-1999 )
     
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