ted@nieland.DAYTON.OH.US (Ted Nieland) (04/15/91)
Tape: VAX90B Section: [.BRODIE] Reviewer: Earle Ake Ease of Installation: 5 Documentation: 4 Intended Audience: System Managers Ease of use: 5 Usefulness: 4 Sources included: Yes, for the DCL utilities Objects Supplied: N/A This submission from Kent Brodie includes some useful utilities for the system manager. AUTH is an automated way to create accounts. This is used on Kent's system and serves ONLY as an example and can not be used as it is. LASER_DAEMON takes care of those stalled serial printer queues that operators never get notified about. REPLY_USERS combines the VMS mail distribution idea with the REPLY command allowing broadcast messages to users on the distribution list. VMS$SECUREPWD is a password scanning utility which is useful on VMS V5.0 - V5.3-2 systems. VMS 5.4 introduces password checking as they are changed which obsoletes this utility. Also, VT100 demo is useful for checking just how COMPATIBLE your terminal emulator really is. I found REPLY_USERS useful for those who want to send a message to others in your group without sending a message to everybody on the system. This utility does a REPLY so you need the priv's to execute it. VT100 demo is interesting to try out on those third party terminals who sometimes CLAIM vt100 compatability but may not be. VMS$SECUREPWD is an easy fix for those who want some password security but can't go do VMS V5.4 to get it. AUTH serves as a good example of writing your own account creation utility.