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From: wilkinsn@SPCA.BBN.COM (Ronald Wilkinson)
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Subject: VMS Automatic Terminal Login
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Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 18:05:16 EDT
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The automatic terminal login facility controlled by SYS$SYSTEM:SYSALF.DAT has
been around at least since VMS version 3.  The only place I ever saw it
documented was in a DSM (Digital Standard MUMPS) Programmer's Guide.  MUMPS is
a relatively obscure language used mostly for medical applications.  Its
traditional environment (hospital information systems) is one in which
auto-logins are extremely useful.  I believe that is why VMS automatic logins
were documented in the MUMPS programmer's guide.  I do not know why it was not
(and is still not?) documented in the VMS system manager's guide.

Ronald Wilkinson
Software Development
BBN Software Products Corp.
10 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, MA 02238

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