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- From: theune@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Peter Theune)
- Subject: Re: User limit in VS4000
- Message-ID: <BxLt9C.12J@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
- Organization: Johns Hopkins Continuing Professional Programs
- References: <0096372A.395F4F20.1571@niuhep.phys.niu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:56:00 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- system@NIUHEP.PHYS.NIU.EDU writes:
-
- >>I've got a VaxStation 4000 VLC, with an interactive user limit of 2.
- >>I asked for a more extensive limit, and people from local's Digital
- >>told me that even they install another VMS license, hardware prevents
- >>that the number of interactive users gets over 2.
-
- >Bullfinches! I just logged into a VLC under three usernames (the last one
- >to log in was unprivledged, only one had extra privs).
- >There was rumors of a policy not to allow more than 2 logins (which was
- >{damn, I'm not in edit mode} because of the extra power of the 4000s and
- >the low price, DEC didn't want people using the 4000 in place of microvaxes.
- >(dumb idea in my opinion given what they are competing against.) In fact
- >I believe we ran into that policy, but we have the CSLG :) which allows us
- >,as an educational institution to have infinite logins.
- >Robert Morphis
- >system%niu.hepnet@lbl BITNET
- >system@phys.niu.edu INTERNET
- >NIU::SYSTEM HEPNET
-
- Robert,
-
- I suspect that you logged in as an X term session, for some reason the
- license fac doesn't check for them. You can have as many x sessions as
- you can stand.
-
- The VLC uses a class D workstation license, which normally allows two
- sessions. You cannot even "set host 0" after the second session is
- started. You can however have many users connected via Xterm.
-
- There _IS_ a special 8 user license available, but you must speak the
- magic words to get it, and depending on the regional office, it can be
- either very cheap or very expensive. Ours cost us 23 dollars (US) a
- couple of years ago for a similar situation with a vaxserver 3600. The
- situation with the servers is even more severe than with the VS, the
- server allows only one user, not counting the console. If a user is
- logged on at opa0, then no one else can get on. (servers use a class C
- license I think).
-
- Anyway, the bottom line is; use X.
-
- Also, I think that UCX (the dec tcp/ip package) does not check users,
- but this might have been changed.
-
- Peter.
-
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