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From: ypinn@UTORSCS.BITNET (Bruce Pinn (System Manager))
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: PSI Accounting...
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Date: 20 Mar 88 21:10:54 GMT
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Ok this is my third attempt at posting this message to the BITNET<->ARPA
bridge.  The previous two attempts have ended up in /dev/null.  I believe
it never made it to INFO-VAX since I haven't seen the message (and our
mail feed seems to be ok).  Please substitute the expression 'about two
months ago' for each occurence of 'this morning' in the following text.

Hi;
     I have spent the better part of this morning trying to come up
with a scheme that accounts for PSI X-29 access.  My question... is
there an easy way to associate X-29 accounting records in the
PSI accounting file, to interactive session records in the system's
accounting file?  Has anyone written a program to accomplish this task?
Is there a commercial package to accomplish this task?  Actually, a
commercial package is probably too elaborate since all I want is a facility
to account for individual X-29 usage, and not a facility to charge for it.

     For the past few months I have been running a modified version of the
PSI_CHARGING example provided in SYS$EXAMPLE:.  The charging program is
fine for determining who's using the mail system, and dialing out from
our VAX, but it leaves something to be desired for accounting for incoming
X-29 sessions (PSI attributes all charges for incoming X-29 sessions to
the account that the DECNET X-29 object is running under).  I should point
out that restricting reversed charged, incoming X-29 calls is unacceptable.

Thanks!


Bruce W. Pinn                                Phone:  (416) 978-6601

Ontario Centre for Large Scale Computation   BITNET: YPINN@UTORSCS.BITNET
       at the University of Toronto          DATAPAC:PSI%1302091600440::YPINN