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Date: Thu, 5-Feb-87 12:13:56 EST
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From: paul@cernvax.UUCP (paul)
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Subject: What does $RUN/AUTH actually do? (VMS)
Keywords: VMS
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Date: 5 Feb 87 17:13:54 GMT
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What does $RUN/AUTH actually do? (VMS)
 
I am trying to initiate a detached process when logged in as myself.
I want the process to behave as if SYSTEM actually detached it.
 
With $RUN/AUTH/UIC=[1,4] the /uic unfortunately seems to be ignored and the
process gets detached with my uic.
The log file shows a DCL trace of it executing
my personal login.com. Finally (and what matters) the process
happens to run a program which calls lib$spawn. This works, the subprocess
gets spawned (and sends me a mail).
 
Now, with RUN/NOAUTH the original detached process is created detached
as before, but with UIC [1,4] as
specified in the /UIC qualifier. Great, that's what I wanted!
The log file shows a DCL trace of it executing sylogin.com (but not my
login.com).
Unfortunately my call to lib$spawn fails and I don't know why.
I'm not even sure how to find out...
 
SO: What is the behaviour of /AUTH and /NOAUTH. What's going on?
 
Awaiting your kind revelations:
 
Paul Burkimsher
paul@crvxdev.BITNET
paul%cern.vxdev@uk.ac.ucl.cs (Janet)
..!mcvax!cernvax!vxdev!paul (UUCP)
paul@vxdev.cern (Cern)
 
Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
 
----------------------- For your further info:
 
The RUN command looks like this:
 
$! initiate_decoder.com
$! Create a detached process with a CLI in it.
$! Request it to run the emu_decoder
$!
$run -
    /noauth -
    /input='emu_root'[decoder]emu_decoder.com -
    /output='emu_root'[decoder]'node'emu_decoder_output.log -
    /error='emu_root'[decoder]'node'emu_decoder_errors.log -
    /proc="Emu_Decoder" -
    /uic='emu_uic' -
    /priv=( -
            oper,   -
            tmpmbx -
          ) -
    - !and now the exe file name to actually run!
    sys$system:loginout.exe
 
-------------------------
where emu_decoder.com contains (among other things)
$run emu_decoder.exe