Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CLARKU.BITNET!DHASKIN From: DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: more OPCOM... Message-ID: <8702200755.AA10406@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Thu, 19-Feb-87 20:45:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8702200755.AA10406 Posted: Thu Feb 19 20:45:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Feb-87 04:04:22 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 40 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa At the tail end of her message of Wed, 18 Feb 87 16:57 EST, Ruth Milner mentions: > While we're on the subject of OPCOM and REPLY, does anyone out there know > how to find out which username is enabled as which operator (OPER1, OPER2, > etc.)? I have a similar query; our primary user area is in a separate building from the machine room, so we would like users to leave their tapes with us and request them to be mounted when necessary. Now, doesn't this sound reasonable: - when an operator is on duty, have them REPLY/ENABLE=TAPES and /DISABLE same when they leave. We don't leave any accounts logged in at the machine room when nobody's there. - instruct users to do a MOUNT/ASSIST/COMMENT=... etc By my reasoning, if there is no terminal that has TAPES enabled on the system, shouldn't that user get some sort of error message? And when the operator is there and has enabled TAPES, they will get the request and mount the tape? I tested the theory and it didn't seem to work... process requesting the mount went into a wait state. Did I miss something? I'm assuming someone's tried the same gambit... any advice? aTdHvAaNnKcSe, Denis W. Haskin Manager, Technical Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET Office of Information Systems (617)793-7193 Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester MA 01610 "Anyone who _moves_ before Most Holy comes back out will spend the rest of eternity sipping lava through an iron straw." - Cerebus