MACALLSTR@vax1.physics.oxford.ac.UK (11/08/87)
Does anybody have ( or know of ) a formula for implementing automatic logins on LAT terminal lines? What I require is for a user on a terminal server to specify CONNECT xxxxxx and then, without further interaction, be logged in to the host offering the service xxxxxx and to execute the application program or procedure. It can be done by using 'inverse LAT' on a terminal server port attached to a 'real' terminal line but that wastes terminal server ports and the number of simultaneous processes is limited by the number ( only 8 or, perhaps 0 ) on a 'standard' VAX 8700. Three things might help. (1) Can the name of the called service (xxxxxx) be extracted and checked at login/process creation time? (2) The ability to 'point' a service to a particular LAT terminal line i.e. LTAnnn port. (3) Pointing a service to a command procedure which could be executed before normal LOGINOUT ( as is possible with DECNET,etc. ). Thanks in advance to anyone with useful information, John