Article 159157 of comp.os.vms:
> I'm having a problem with NCP and some DECservers.  The problem is this: I
> need a DCL script (or C++ program) to be able to access a DECserver and log
> out a specific port.  I have tried two approaces:

> 2. Use the following DCL script to log out the port (assuming that the
> server's non-privileged password is "access" and the privileged password is
> "system":
> 
> $ NCP CONN NODE TSTSRV
> access
> set priv
> system
> lo port 1
> $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "Port 1 was logged out!"
> 
> Unfortunately, the above code never gets past the connection prompt (ie: it
> would appear that only the NCP CONN NODE TSTSRV gets issued, and nothing else
> afterwards).

Both DECnet phase IV's NCP CONN NODE and DECnet/OSI's SET HOST/MOP
needs a real terminal for input. Files and even mail-boxes does not
work.

You can get large packages to handle this.

As an alternative, then you can a small C program of mine as:

ftp://ftp.hhs.dk/ptd/ptd.zip

which will allow you to:

$ PTD input-file output-file

with an input-file of a format like:

$ NCP CONN NODE TSTSRV<RET>
access<RET>
set priv<RET>
system<RET>
lo port 1<RET>

(you will need to logout of the remote port too)

The program is very simple and there are f.ex. no flow-control, but for
this task it works fine. I use it myself to set my DECservers !

                                                          Arne

Arne Vajhøj                             local DECNET:  KAL13::ARNE
Computer Department                     PSI:           PSI%23831001354030::ARNE
Southern Denmark Business School        Internet:      ARNE@KO.HHS.DK
                WWW URL: http://www.hhs.dk/~arne/arne.html