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The Question is: I want to enable the autologin feature (SYSMAN ALF) for TELNET sessions from specific hosts. The hosts will typically be PCs with a simple telnet client on the local network. I know how to specifiy an ALF entry. I know about TT_ACCPORNAM contents. However, the TT_ACCPORNAM contents when using TCPIP Services for VMS V5.1 includes the host name/address AND the remote port number. Because this port number is defined by the remote telnet client in an unpredictible way, there appears to be no way I can anticipate these port numbers. Is there a way to instruct the TELNET server not to include the remote port name in TT_ACCPORNAM for incoming connections? The Answer is : Telnet does not easily nor directly provide the ability to automatically log in such as this, as the incoming port can vary and this origination is what the automatic login facility (ALF) looks for -- what you are seeing is how most telnet clients explicitly work, and this randomness precludes easy use of ALF. (In some cases, you can configure the telnet client to force-lock the originating information. This is not common.)
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