Initiates an interactive terminal session.

   Format

     <Ctrl/C>

     <Ctrl/Y>

     <Return>

Additional information available:

QUALIFIERS

Examples

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 UAF. The CLI you
   specify must be located in SYS$SYSTEM and have the file type EXE.

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

      /COMMAND[=filespec] (default)
      /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 the /COMMAND qualifier and omit the file specification,
   your default login command procedure is executed.

   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 UAF.

   Requires that you 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[,...])
      /TABLES=DCLTABLES (default)

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

   1.
<Ctrl/Y>

       Username:  SMITHSON
       Password:  <PASSWORD>

     In this example, pressing Ctrl/Y allows you to access 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: <PASSWORD>
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.4 on node JUPITER
        Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1991 09:16:47.08
        Last non-interactive login on Monday, 18-APR-1991 17:32:34.27

       $ SHOW DEFAULT
         USER$:[HIGGINS]

     In this example, 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: <PASSWORD>
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.4 on node JUPITER
        Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1991 09:16:47.08
        Last non-interactive login on Monday, 18-APR-1991 17:32:34.27

       >

     In this example, 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>
       Password: <PASSWORD>
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.4 on node JUPITER
        Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1991 09:16:47.08
        Last non-interactive login on Monday, 18-APR-1991 17:32:34.27

       $

     In this example, 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: <PASSWORD>
       User authorization failure
<Return>

       Username: JONES
       Password: <PASSWORD>
               Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.4 on node JUPITER
         Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1991 09:16:47.08
         Last non-interactive login on Monday, 18-APR-1991 17:32:34.27

               1 failure since last successful login.
       $

     This example shows the "User authorization failure" message,
     which indicates that the password has been entered incorrectly.
     After you successfully log 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: JOYCE
       Password: <PASSWORD>
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 5.4 on node JUPITER
        Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1991 09:16:47.08
        Last non-interactive login on Monday, 18-APR-1991 17:32:34.27

          WARNING - Primary password has expired; update immediately.
       $

     This example shows the WARNING message, which indicates that
     your primary password has expired. You must use the SET
     PASSWORD command to change your password before logging out,
     or you will be unable to log in.

     For more information on changing your password, see the
     description of the SET PASSWORD command.

   7.
<Return>

       Username: MIHALY/NEW_PASSWORD
       Password: <PASSWORD>
       Password: <PASSWORD>
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version V5.4 on node JUPITER
        Last interactive login on Tuesday, 19-APR-1991 09:16:47.08
        Last non-interactive login on Monday, 18-APR-1991 17:32:34.27

        Your password has expired; you must set a new password to log in.

                 Old password: <PASSWORD>

                 New password: <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.