Technical data

7.9.4 Creating Network Proxy Authorization Files .................... 7–37
7.9.5 Adding Proxy Accounts .................................... 7–38
7.9.6 Removing Proxy Accounts . . ................................ 7–39
7.9.7 Displaying Proxy Accounts . . ................................ 7–40
7.9.8 Controlling Proxy Logins . . . ................................ 7–40
7.10 Managing Mail .............................................. 7–41
7.10.1 Modifying a User Record . . . ................................ 7–41
7.10.2 Removing a User Record . . . ................................ 7–41
7.10.3 AUTHORIZE Flags and Mail ................................ 7–41
7.11 Managing System Resources . . . ................................ 7–41
7.11.1 Understanding Pages and Pagelets ........................... 7–41
7.11.2 Setting Limits on System Resources . . . ....................... 7–42
8 Managing Peripheral Devices
8.1 Understanding Device Names . . ................................ 8–1
8.2 Getting Information About Devices on the System . . . ............... 8–2
8.2.1 Determining If Volumes Need Rebuilding ...................... 8–5
8.2.2 Getting Information About ISO 9660-Formatted Devices ........... 8–5
8.3 Setting Security Protection Characteristics on Devices ............... 8–6
8.3.1 Granting Access to a Specific Device . . . ....................... 8–6
8.3.2 Granting Access to All Devices............................... 8–6
8.4 Connecting Devices and Loading Device Drivers .................... 8–7
8.4.1 Manually Connecting Devices and Loading Device Drivers (VAX
Only) . . ................................................ 8–8
8.4.2 Manually Connecting Devices and Loading Device Drivers (Alpha
Only) . . ................................................ 8–9
8.4.3 Suppressing the Autoconfiguration of Devices ................... 8–10
8.5 Automatically Configuring Devices for OpenVMS Alpha Systems ....... 8–11
8.5.1 Understanding Device Configuration . . . ....................... 8–11
8.5.2 Using File-Based Autoconfiguration ........................... 8–12
8.5.2.1 Adding Descriptions to SYS$USER_CONFIG.DAT ............ 8–12
8.5.2.2 Configuration File Syntax ............................... 8–13
8.5.2.3 Device Descriptions .................................... 8–13
8.5.2.4 Rebuilding the SYS$USER_CONFIG.DAT File ............... 8–16
8.5.3 Supported Buses for User Devices ............................ 8–17
8.5.3.1 ISA Device Configuration ................................ 8–17
8.5.3.1.1 Configuring ISA Devices on the ISA Bus . . ............... 8–17
8.5.3.1.2 Configuring ISA Devices on the EISA Bus . ............... 8–17
8.5.4 SYS$MANAGER:ISA_CONFIG.DAT Unsupported ............... 8–18
8.6 Managing Terminals . ........................................ 8–21
8.6.1 Setting Terminal Characteristics ............................. 8–21
8.6.1.1 Setting Default Characteristics with System Parameters ....... 8–21
8.6.1.2 Setting Characteristics in System Startup ................... 8–22
8.6.2 Managing Virtual Terminals ................................ 8–22
8.6.2.1 Using Virtual Terminals for Dynamic Asynchronous DECnet for
OpenVMS (VAX Only) . . ................................ 8–23
8.6.2.2 Determining the Physical Terminal Type of a Virtual Terminal . . . 8–24
8.7 Managing Modems . . . ........................................ 8–24
8.7.1 Understanding Modems .................................... 8–25
8.7.2 Setting Up Modems ....................................... 8–27
8.7.3 Troubleshooting Modems . . . ................................ 8–33
8.8 Managing Printers . . . ........................................ 8–34
8.8.1 Setting Printer Characteristics .............................. 8–35
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