Subject: What's Hacking VAX Special - 4

Sent: 3/1/90 at 2:53 pm

HELP - This command will bring up the HELP program.

This is just a clumsy imitation of what you

are reading. (heh heh)

LIBRARY - Used for archive purposes. You will proba-

bly not use this command much if you are new.

I am mentioning it now because I will type up

a more in depth discussion of VAX later on

the "What's Hacking?" sub boards.

LOGOUT - Logs you out.

MAIL - Loads the mail program. Used to send mail to

others users and CAN (YES, IT CAN) be used to

send mail (or other) to (OR FROM) the network

if the VAX is connected to a network. It CAN

(YES, CAN) also send data to (OR FROM) the

computers on the DECNET (if used).

$PASSWORD - Changes your password.

EX: $PASSWORD mynewpass

PHONE - Used to talk to another user. This command

is pretty nice compared to other means. Your

"$" prompt will be replaced with a "%" prompt

once phone is executed. If you want to talk

to someone, type his username. If you want

to talk to someone on a different node, type

his nodename, two colons, and then his user-

name. A lot of times you will find this one

disabled (especially on University

computers), but there are alternate ways to

communication online other than MAIL and

PHONE. See below.

EX: PHONE

% node13::dlight

PHOTO - Records session.

RUN - Executes executables. (simple?)

SET - Wow... this is a lot. See below.

SHOW - This involves a lot too, but not as much as

SET. With SHOW, you can look at a lot. I am

just going to list a lot of things you can

view and what it will show you.

EX: SHOW USERS DAV

CLUSTER - VAX cluster if any

DEFAULT - Directory path and device

DEVICES - The system devices (drives,

etc.)

INTRUSION - If any accounts are being

hacked

MEMORY - Memory of course

NETWORK - Network and the VAX's location

within

PROCESS - PROCESS ProcessName shows

status

PROTECTION - Protection on files

QUOTA - Shows disk space allowed for

your account

SYSTEM - Miscellaneous system info

DAY - Day & date

TIME - Time

USERS - Users online all systems