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From: EVERHART%ARISIA.DECnet@GE-CRD.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Preventing chattering terminal lines
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Date: 3 Aug 88 15:54:00 GMT
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*flame on*
After many messages about how to prevent VMS terminals from getting
Username: prompts, I wonder HOW LONG it will take DEC to add a /SLAVE
switch to the terminal characteristics. This has been in the RSX11M
and RSX11M+ products for years. Setting a terminal /slave changes
NONE of its' characteristics, but prevents logins on that terminal.
Therefore, typeahead works, flow control is normal, and whether
the terminal is available for interactive use is decoupled from all
the other weird characteristics available for controlling behavior.
Setting a terminal slaved requires privilege, but would make a great
deal of sense in a VMS environment.
  How about it, VMS Engineering???
*flame off*
Glenn Everhart
Everhart%Arisia.decnet@ge-crd.arpa
Everhart@arisia.ge.com (uucp zone)