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While cleaning up a small 3k system, I noticed an account called HPNCS which
appears to be
 part of something called the "Network Computing System" which I have never
heard of before
(I know there are a lot of things I have not heard of before). There is a
manual which I read (without
becoming much wiser except it mentions that this is part of an optional
product), and some utilities/
programs in the PUB group :
 
ACCOUNT= HPNCS  GROUP= PUB
 
FILENAME CODE -------------- RECORD----------- ----SPACE----
                                                SIZE TYP EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS
#X MX
 
LBADMIN NMPRG 128W FB 1055 1055 1 1056                  1 1
LBDAD NMPRG                 128W FB 977 977 1 992
1             1
LLBD                                  80B FA 26 204800 1 256                  1
32
LLBDP NMPRG                 128W FB 986 986 1 992                  1 1
MANUAL                  80B FA 474 474 16 160                  1 1
NCKTEST NMPRG 128W FB 1036 1036 1 1040                  1 1
NCKTSTCT MGCAT 128W FB 137 137 1 144                  2 28
NCSCAT                  80B FA 7671 7671 16 2432                  1 1
NCSMAN                  80B FA 72 72 16 32                  1 1
NCSPRINT NMPRG 128W FB 198 198 1 208                  1 1
NRGLBD                  80B FA 26 204800 1 256                  1 32
NRGLBDP NMPRG 128W FB 947 947 1 960                  1 1
STCODE NMPRG 128W FB 891 891 1 896                  1 1
STCODEDB                  1024W FB 149 149 1 1200                  1 1
UUIDGEN NMPRG 128W FB 909 909 1 912                  1 1
 
On further investigation, this account seems to appear on all the 3ks I looked
at. Can anyone elighten me about this?
What is it used for, can I safely remove it and is it something that will
reappear at the next update if I do remove it now.
 
Any ideas ?
 
Cheers,
John Dunlop ([log in to unmask])