Hello Folks @ 3000-l,

Re: Deletion of Unneeded Console Messages

>>>> 2 messages:

>> 9:46/#S64/215/LOGOFF ON LDEV #74.
>> ** NS/3000 NetIPC ERROR IN VT; Job: #S64; PIN: 270; Info: 1
>> - Error: 42;

If you logon on with :hello and logoff with :bye with NS-VT you get:

1:04/#S7/51/LOGON FOR: "JPH56426,MANAGER.SYS,WORK" ON LDEV #4.
1:04/#S7/51/LOGOFF ON LDEV #4.

If you logon with :hello and do not logoff, but instead [x] the
terminal emulator window:

1:01:05/#S8/51/LOGON FOR: "JPH56426,MANAGER.SYS,WORK" ON LDEV #4.
1:05/#S8/51/LOGOFF ON LDEV #4.
** NS/3000 NetIPC ERROR IN VT; Job: #S8; PIN: 64; Info: 1
- Error: 42;

This is true with NS-VT and not with Telnet.   I would not recommend
turning this logging message off for 2 reasons...

1) Turning off class 5 in NS-Services will turn off all NETIPC errors
   returned to the console for NS-Services.

2) The same error "42" is reported in the case of a Duplicate IP
   address.

The best I can recommend is to train our users to not [x] a NS-VT
window but instead logoff with ":bye" or to ignore the Error: 42
message on the console unless troubleshooting a specific problem.
Oh yes, you could use Telnet instead of NS-VT to avoid the message.

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>> 9:47/#S65/213/LOGON FOR: "USRFABC,CISUSER.CIS,CISPRD" ON LDEV #67.
>> CIS-SYS,PUB:** NS/3000 INTERNAL ERROR IN RFA; Job: #S65; PIN: 271; Info:
70
>> - Error: 11; Could not receive on socket
>> - Socket error    : 64; REMOTE ABORTED THE CONNECTION.

This problem can be duplicated as follows:

1) Logon to your MPE system from a "PeeCee" PC or other system which
does not support HP's RFA "remote file access"... A PC with WRQ or
Minisoft or other terminal emulator will do fine:

:1:16/#S10/51/LOGON FOR: "JPH56426,MANAGER.SYS,WORK" ON LDEV #4.

Now set a file equation for "$back" which uses the HP RFA service:

:file x=x:$back

and now send output to this file equation:

:listf @.pub.sys >*x
COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE ERROR. UNANTICIPATED CONDITION. (DSERR 255)
Couldn't open output redirection file, command failed. (CIERR 9425)

and on the console you will see:

** NS/3000 INTERNAL ERROR IN RFA; Job: #S10; PIN: 64; Info: 70
- Error: 11; Could not receive on socket
- Socket error    : 64; REMOTE ABORTED THE CONNECTION.

This is a test that was/is coded in the VESOFT security product which
supports the ability to identify if the source system is a MPE system.
I do not claim to understand the design reason behind this
implementation, but I am aware that VESOFT has a configuration option
which will disable this function:

  $NO-HOST-CHECK <pcname.domain.com>
... to the securcon file for each PC in the local network.

For more details, "Search the HP3000-L archives" for "rfa and vesoft"

Regards,

James Hofmeister
Hewlett Packard
Worldwide Technology Network Expert Center
P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.

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