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Customizing the Operating System
5.2 Modifying Site-Specific Startup Command Procedures
For example, you could include the following command in SYSTARTUP_
VMS.COM:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM SYS$ANNOUNCE "SIRIUS OPENVMS CLUSTER AT ANDROMEDA, INC."
Or you might prefer to print a file by including the following command:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM SYS$ANNOUNCE "@SYS$MANAGER:ANNOUNCE.TXT"
If you do not define SYS$ANNOUNCE, the system does not display an
announcement.
Caution
Sites requiring moderate or high security should restrict the amount of
information displayed in system announcements.
Defining SYS$WELCOME
You can define SYS$WELCOME to display a welcome message whenever a user
logs in. The text prints immediately after the user enters the correct password.
The text can contain up to 63 characters. For longer messages, precede the name
of a text-containing file with an at sign (@) so that the login command procedure
displays the entire file as a welcoming announcement.
For example, you could include a command like the following one in
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM SYS$WELCOME "Welcome to Node RANDOM"
If you prefer to display the contents of a file containing a message, you could use
the following line in the procedure:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM SYS$WELCOME "@SYS$MANAGER:WELCOME.TXT"
If you do not explicitly define SYS$WELCOME, the terminal displays a standard
welcome message similar to the following one:
Welcome to OpenVMS Version n.n
You can add the DECnet node name to this message by including a translation
of the logical name SYS$NODE. When DECnet starts, it creates the logical name
assignment for SYS$NODE.
SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM, supplied as a template with your distribution
kit, includes additional command examples for SYS$ANNOUNCE and
SYS$WELCOME.
5.2.7.12 Starting Up and Customizing the LAT Protocol Software
To set up your node as a LAT service node and start the LAT protocol software on
your system each time the system boots, add the SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM:
$ @SYS$STARTUP:LAT$STARTUP.COM
When the procedure executes this command, it invokes LAT$STARTUP.COM,
which in turn invokes the LAT$CONFIG and LAT$SYSTARTUP command
procedures. For more information, see Section 26.5.
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