"Nizzardini, Al" wrote:

> I do not think I am making my issue clear. The problem is that when there is
> a request to mount an additional tape it only appears on the console. If you
> are not constantly monitoring the console or you have many console messages
> displayed you will miss this request.

hmmm, sounds like a busy console problem to me....  and say, doesn't sig sysman
have an item on it's ballot about busy consoles?  why (oh suprise), they do!
:-)  gee, if system/console messages were directed into syslog, well, then you
wouldn't have much of a problem at all.....

> Anything else I am missing?

not at all.

btw, i know that <plug?> backpack (nee roadrunner) </plug?> allows for directing
messages like what you're talking about to different users.         - d 'just a
customer'

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