I need a way to provide easy access to our campus library system with an
easy-to-use menu. This is done now from a VMS box using LAT. We're
moving away from LAT and that VMS box is going away at the end of the
month. I thought about using the menu on the DECserver 900 that services
these terminals but the 900's TELNET command provides no way to specify a
username; it's strictly hostname only.
A thought I had was to use the menu with a TELNET to a specific port on
the library machine and let a daemon defined in /etc/inetd.conf do the
rest. It would automatically login to the username associated in
inetd.conf and go from there.
This is strictly a short-term solution so I'd prefer NOT to get into a lot
of obscure code myself. Has anyone done anything like this that they'd be
willing to share? Thanks in advance.
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Don Newcomer Dickinson College
newcomer_at_dickinson.edu P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
"If God is your co-pilot, switch seats!"
Received on Wed Jun 12 1996 - 17:00:17 NZST