Mike Fitzwilliam wrote:
>
> Bob Tyler wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to completely trace (by logon name,
> > session#,device#, etc.) the activities of an online user?
>
> We had an audit requirement to trace everything done by support users on
> our production machine, and the only way we found to do this was by using
> DSLINE;TRACE.  The users log on to the development machine, and a script
> connects them to production via a DSLINE.  The format of the trace file
> produced is not documented, and I had to write a program to allow the
> session to be replayed, but I can provide further information if this
> sounds of use.
>
> Mike Fitzwilliam.
>
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> & Co. Incorporated, its subsidiaries or affiliates.

A small note on the use of :DSLINE;TRACE (which was new to me) :

You don't have to have 2 HP3000's in order to use :DSLINE (but you do need the NS-software). You can :DSLINE
the computer you are currently running on as if it was a remote computer.

I use the :DSLINE to the same machine frequently to copy files from one account to another without the need to
:RELEASE them first - and to have several sessions running on top of each other, when connected to the HP3000
via a modem.

I learned the :DSLINE <to-the-same-machine> trick years back, when HP recommended it as a temporary
work-around for a specific problem.

... sorry if above is common knowledge.

/Ole Hansen         [log in to unmask]
Skagen, Denmark