All of our connections are made either NS/VT or Telnet. We have about
3000 online users on one of our systems and recently occasionally users
are disconnected for various reasons. Sometimes it is due to a power
problem in a remote location or something else. I wanted to find some
type of visibility in seeing abrupt disconnects verses normal logoff. If
there is a utility or a system log were I could find this information it
would be great.

Regards,
 
Reginald Monroe
Spvsr., Systems Admin
Mercury Insurance - Information Technology
(714) 671-6753
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:10 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] monitor disconnects


Reginald asks:

> Is there a way that I can see when someone is disconnected from a 
> HP3000  system. Whether it a utility or reviewing some logs. Any input

> will be  helpful.

The level of detail in this answer would depend on how your users are
connected to the HP3000: either by serial connections, telnet or NS/VT.
You have the possibility of determining a great deal more information if
they are serially connected, but that's not nearly as likely nowadays.

Under any circumstance, as a first-pass answer, simply type:

     :showjob

on any terminal, signon'ed anywhere. If your users use an optional logon
identifier, this simple list will give you a list of everyone who is on
the machine at the moment.

If you use telnet or NS/VT, you won't have the ability to tell where
they are physically (the port numbers are assigned somewhat randomly, in
order, out of a free list of available ports), but if you still use
serial connections, you can tell if a user is signon'ed from his own
desk or from somewhere else (that information is carried in the
JIN/JLIST values shown in the listing. These values are pegged to the
piece of wire that they're using).

Wirt Atmar

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