Initiates an interactive terminal session.

  Format:


    <CTRL/C>

    <CTRL/Y>

    <RETURN>

Additional information available:

Command QualifiersExamples

Additional information available:

/CLI/COMMAND/DISK/NEW_PASSWORD/TABLES

 /CLI=command-language-interpreter

  Specifies  the  name  of  an  alternate command language interpreter
  (CLI) to override the default CLI listed in the  user  authorization
  file. The CLI you specify must be located in SYS$SYSTEM and have the
  file type EXE.

  If you do not specify a command interpreter using the /CLI qualifier
  and do not have a default CLI listed in the user authorization file,
  the system supplies a default of /CLI=DCL.

 /COMMAND[=file-spec]
 /NOCOMMAND

  Controls whether to execute your  default  login  command  procedure
  when  you log in.  Use the /COMMAND qualifier to specify the name of
  an alternate login command procedure.  If you specify  a  file  name
  without  a  file  type,  the  default file type COM is used.  If you
  specify /COMMAND and omit the file specification, your default login
  command procedure is executed.  By default, /COMMAND is assumed.

  Use the /NOCOMMAND qualifier if you do not want your  default  login
  command procedure to be executed.

 /DISK=device-name[:]

  Specifies the name of a  disk  device  to  be  associated  with  the
  logical device SYS$DISK for the terminal session. This specification
  overrides  the  default   SYS$DISK   device   established   in   the
  authorization file.

  If you specify this qualifier when you log in  to  the  system,  you
  must  change  the  account  password  before  logging  in (as if the
  password had expired). Use this qualifier as a shortcut if  you  had
  intended to change your password after login, or if you suspect that
  your password has been detected.

 /TABLES=(command-table[,...])

  Specifies the name of an alternate CLI table to override the default
  listed in the user authorization file  (UAF).  This  table  name  is
  considered a file specification. The default device and directory is
  SYS$SHARE. The default file type is EXE.

  If a logical name is used, the  table  name  specification  must  be
  defined in the system logical name table.

  If the /CLI qualifier is set to DCL or MCR,  the  /TABLES  qualifier
  defaults  to  the  correct  value.   If  the  /TABLES  qualifier  is
  specified without the /CLI  qualifier,  the  CLI  specified  in  the
  user's UAF will be used.

  The default is /TABLES=DCLTABLES.

  1.   <CTRL/Y>
       Username:  SMITHSON
       Password:

  CTRL/Y accesses the operating system, which immediately prompts  for
  a user name.  After validating the user name, the system prompts for
  the password but does not echo it.

  2.   <RETURN>
       Username:  HIGGINS/DISK=USER$
       Password:
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.2 on node JUPITER
              Last interactive login at 31-DEC-1990 09:16:47.08
              Last non-interactive login at 30-DEC-1990 17:32:34.27

       $ SHOW DEFAULT
         USER$:[HIGGINS]

  The /DISK qualifier requests that the default disk for the  terminal
  session  be DISK2.  The SHOW DEFAULT command shows that USER$ is the
  default disk.

  3.   <CTRL/C>
       Username: LIZA/CLI=MCR/COMMAND=ALTLOGIN.COM
       Password:
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.2 on node JUPITER
       Last interactive login on Tuesday, 31-DEC-1990 09:16:47.08
       Last non-interactive login on Monday, 30-DEC-1990 17:32:34.27
       >

  The /CLI qualifier requests the alternate MCR  command  interpreter.
  The  /COMMAND  qualifier  indicates  that  the  login  command  file
  ALTLOGIN.COM is to be executed instead of the default login  command
  file.

  The right angle bracket indicates that MCR is active and expects  an
  MCR command.

  4.   <RETURN>
       Username: XENAKIS
       Password:
       Password:
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.2 on node JUPITER
       Last interactive login on Tuesday, 31-DEC-1990 09:16:47.08
       Last non-interactive login on Monday, 30-DEC-1990 17:32:34.27
       $

  The second Password:  prompt indicates that the user has a secondary
  password, which must be entered to access the system.

  5.   <RETURN>
       Username: JONES
       Password:
       User authorization failure
       <RETURN>
       Username: JONES
       Password:
               Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.2 on node JUPITER
       Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-DEC-1990 09:16:47.08
       Last non-interactive login on Monday, 19-DEC-1990 17:32:34.27
               1 failure since last successful login.
       $

  The "User authorization failure" message indicates that the password
  has  been  incorrectly  entered.   After  successfully logging in, a
  message is displayed showing the number of login failures since your
  last  successful  login.   This  message is displayed only if one or
  more login failures have occurred.

  6.  <RETURN>

      Username: MIHALY/NEWPASSWORD
      Password:
      Password:

           Welcome to VAX/VMS Version  V5.2 on node JUPITER
       Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1990 09:16:47.08
       Last non-interactive login on Monday, 19-APR-1990 17:32:34.27
      Your password has expired; you must set a new password to log in.

        Old password:

        New password:

  In this example, the user enters the  /NEW_PASSWORD  qualifer  after
  the  username  MIHALY.  The system then forces the user to set a new
  password immediately after login. The prompts are the same as  those
  provided  when  you  enter  the  DCL  command  SET PASSWORD from the
  command line.