Connecting to VMS using UCX

[Lennart Brjeson @ KTH, Stockholm]

In article <6598 at m2c.M2C.ORG>, gill at mars.m2c.org (Robert Gill) writes:
>Hi All:
>
>I wasn't sure where to start with this problem, but one end of it is Ultrix
>and the other is VMS, so I decided to start here.  If anyone has a better
>place for me to post this I'm open to suggestions.
>
>Here's the situation:  I manage a network of about 50 systems, the breakdown
>between operating systems is about 46 Ultrix systems, 2 Sun-OS systems and
>2 VMS systems.  Now you might guess that the 2 VMS system aren't that important
>(and that's my feeling as well), but the powers that be, namely my boss, think
>otherwise.
>
>To ease communication with the VMS systems we recently installed the UCX (VMS
>/ULTRIX Connection) software on our VMS systems.  This allows Unix users to
>issue telnet/rlogin commands to connect to the VMS systems.  This works OK,
>but regardless of doing a telnet or rlogin the VMS system always gives the
>standard VMS login.  My boss would like have something that works more like 
>the traditional Unix rlogin, i.e. no user name prompt and no password prompt
>if the request comes from a "trusted" host.
>
>The manuals for the UCX software don't show any promise a solution, except 
>maybe in a macro of some type.  Programming is not my forte' and I'd rather
>not reinvent the wheel.  Can anyone think of an Ultrix based solution to this
>problem?  Does someone already have a solution they'd be willing share?
>
>Specifics:  Ultrix 3.1 + 4.1 systems, VMS 5.4, UCX 1.3.
>
>Many thanks to anyone who can give me a lead.

We have a mixed Ultrix-VMS site, but, mind you, NO terminals. Only workstations.
We do this via the age-old Decnet TELL and proxy logins. This enables our
users to say "tell any-host rdecterm" to create a terminal window automatically
logged in at a remote system. The command is set up to work in the same way
on both Ultrix and VMS.

This has been covered many times in the past on this forum, so I will not post
any lengthy details. Mail me if you are interested.

>
>Regards,
>Bob
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