[comp.os.vms] ALT to "Please try later"?

CURLEY@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU ("Curley, Robert F.") (01/01/88)

New Year Greetings from Philly,

	Is there a way to alter the message that my users receive when I
SET LOGIN/INTERACTIVE=0 ?

	It is easy to understand the necessity of going through the
login process - but the "please try later" is hard to take.  I would
like to be more informative.

	Thanks,
		--Curley

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P    P  E      NN   N NN   N !Division of Medical Physics
PPPPP   EEEE   N N  N N N  N !Department of Radiation Oncology
P       E      N  N N N  N N !University of Pennsylvania
P       E      N   NN N   NN !P.O. Box 7806
P       EEEEEE N    N N    N !Philadelphia, PA 19101             (215)662-3083
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carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) (01/04/88)

 > 	Is there a way to alter the message that my users receive when I
 > SET LOGIN/INTERACTIVE=0 ?
 > 
 > 	It is easy to understand the necessity of going through the
 > login process - but the "please try later" is hard to take.  I would
 > like to be more informative.

As far as I know, there is no way to alter that message.  However, you DO
control the logical name SYS$ANNOUNCE,  which affects the message that gets
sent to a terminal BEFORE the Username: prompt.  Just put your more informative
message in a file (for example, SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT).  Then execute
the DCL command:
	$ DEFINE/SYS/EXEC SYS$ANNOUNCE "@SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT"