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DECnet SET HOST from file fails? (RTB)

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The Question is:

 
We have a command procedure that does a
"set host" to a remote system.  The command
procedure also passes in the username and
password to be used for the signon process.
This command procedure has worked for years
with out a problem, but now returns the
following error message:
 
%REM-S-END, control returned to node _VAX1::
%RMS-W-RTB, 0 byte record too large for user's buffer
 
Here is the command procedure:
$ set host vax2
user
password
 
Nothing changed on the VAX systems in question.

The Answer is :

 
  Please contact the customer support center.
 
  What changed on the remote (target) system, if anything?
 
  What is the remote system, what version, etc?
 
  There is an ECO for this (highly insecure) approach for certain
  OpenVMS releases -- there was an OpenVMS release that broke the
  ability to read the username and password from a file, and an
  ECO kit was subsequently issued.


  

     
     
answer written or last revised on ( 7-JAN-1999 )

     
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