OBERMAN@LLL-ICDC.ARPA ("Kevin Oberman, 422-6955, L-156") (07/23/87)
>I found out today that while you can make the logical name SYS$ANNOUNCE >point to a string as big as 255 characters, once that string exceeds >128 characters, the LOGINOUT system no longer uses it (you end up with >no announcement prior to username: prompt). This is STUPID! I'm generating >a rather long SYS$ANNOUNCE string with embedded <CR>s and <LF>s to give >some useful info at login and DEC contradicts itself. Geez. While I agree this is something either poorly documented or a bug, I've never seen it. I use a file to contain long welcome and announcement messages. Just specify a definition of "@filespec" for SYS$ANNOUNCE or SYS$WELCOME. And I also wonder about a long announcment string. Due to some system security concerns I tend to want to keep announcements as short and uninteresting as possible. And because of possible legal rammifications, I don't want to say `Welcome' or anything that might be so construed by some judge. Of course, if you are talking about a stand-alone system with no outside connections, the above does not apply. R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa (415) 422-6955 Disclaimer: Neither my employer nor myself can take resposibility for the accuracy of this information. I believe it is correct, but if it's not I can only say "Sorry". I'm a rotten typist and a worse speller, so forgive any silly errors.