Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> >It would be really nice if we could issue some CP commands (such as >starting the virtual console SPOOLing) from the user's directory entry so >that missing devices error messages and such at logon and such could be >logged.
I've always wanted this, but it's important to realize that it's not as simple as adding a card to the directory and a call to HCPCMDxx (I think; it's been a while!) to LOGON processing. There would have to be some restrictions on that commands you can issue -- SHUTDOWN would be, like, bad. SAVESYS? IPL? Do these directory commands come before or after the IPL that's already in the directory? Etc., etc., etc. (No, you can't just restrict it to Class G commands -- someone will make SAVESYS or SHUTDOWN a Class G command. Yeah, your gun your foot, but an *unintuitive* gun and foot, and this is VM, not some other OS). So while I'd love to see it, I understand why it hasn't happened in over 30 years of VM. Maybe some day... ...phsiii
