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- From: DEREK@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: FLAME ALERT>> DECnet and OSI
- Message-ID: <CA605B84EC3FE3992E@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 18:10:00 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- Don Stokes wrote:
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- >DEREK@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes: (That's me...)
- >> Don Stokes provided a short little routine which, run in kernel mode,
- >> would set the PCB$M_NODELET bit in a PCB. Just thought I would point
- >> out that this bit is only being tested in "newer" versions of VMS. It's
- >> been there as far back as I can remember, but used to not work. I think
- >> it started being tested back in V5.4, but cannot say for sure. If you
- >> are running an older version of VMS, it might not prevent you from logging
- >> out.
- >
- >I'm fairly sure this coincided with the implementation of the audit server.
- >That would have been around V5.2ish, but the NODELET bit may have been
- >implemented earlier in anticipation of an "unkillable" audit server.
-
- Well, it is listed in my "VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures" manual
- (order number AA-K785A-TE) on page 9-12, and it is noted that the bit is
- unused. By the way, this manual was published in April, 1981 for VAX/VMS V2.2.
-
- :)
-
- -Derek S. Haining
- University Computing Services
- University of Washington
- Seattle, Washington 98195
- (206) 543-5579
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