Now I have a couple of VMS systems running which greatly improves my aging memory ;-) And will keep my electricity meter spinning a lot faster too. The contents of the DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM file: $ set verify $ decw$server_page_file== 160000 $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == 1280 $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == 1024 $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth 24 $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_refresh_rate 75 $ set noverify The file ought to be in: SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR] The set verify and set noverify commands are similar to ECHO ON and OFF in DOS. When the script is found by the startup procedure then you'll notice its output on the console. To clarify the logicalname problem you're having in deleting and copying the private server file, have a look at this: $ dir sys$manager:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found $ dir sys$startup:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found $ sho log sys$manager "SYS$MANAGER" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) $ sh log sys$startup "SYS$STARTUP" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYS$STARTUP]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) = "SYS$MANAGER" 1 "SYS$MANAGER" = "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE) $ VMS owes a lot of its flexibility to the logical name concept. Logical names are more than just an easy to remember and fixed label for a system property that will use different hardware with all kinds of physical names. SYS$STARTUP is a logical name AND a search list. It translates first to sys$sysroot:[sys$startup] where sys$sysroot is yet another logical name. If the file is not found there, it will in turn look in sys$manager. While copying, deleteing or modifying (edting) files you'd better change the default directory to the real directory where the file actually resides in. Hans -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] Namens Mark Benson Verzonden: zaterdag, juni 2011 9:27 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Introduction On 18 Jun 2011, at 08:08, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: OK, that's clear. After breakfast I will post more. deleting a file under vms requires: - the full name - sufficient rights and/or privileges A full filename means that the version numver must be included. DEL X.X wont work while DEL X.X;2 will Wildcards are permitted. If it is a security setting, try DIR/SEC *.COM. The protection is given for 4 (system) O (owner) G (group) or W (world). Can you post the command you entered? Yeah I read up and worked out the version thing DELETE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM (obviously didn't work) DELETE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM; DELETE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM;* Non worked. All reported the file wasn't there (but by a different path which I can't recall) I was in Minimal boot mode (which cunningly you don't seem to be able to use the EDIT command in). I think I need to dig out an ethernet card for my terminal machine (old Toshiba Sat Pro laptop with a real serial port) so I can copy this stuff out of the terminal into e-mails better. Just to clarify as a default install OpenVMS did no create this file, I had to manually copy SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.TEMPLATE over to SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER-SETUP.COM to create it. This is covered in the HP docs and by Steve Hoffman. -- Mark Benson My Blog: <http://markbenson.org/blog> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mdbenson "Never send a human to do a machine's job..." ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 10.0.1382 / Virusdatabase: 1513/3710 - datum van uitgifte: 06/17/11