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Defines or changes, for the current terminal session or batch job, characteristics associated with files and devices owned by the process.

Format

SET option

Description

The SET command options are described individually in this manual. Table DCLII-15 lists all the SET command options, including those generally reserved for use by system operators and managers.

Table DCLII-15 SET Command Options

Option	Function
ACCOUNTING	Controls the current accounting file.
AUDIT	Provides the management interface to the security auditing system.
BROADCAST	Determines which messages will be broadcast to SYS$OUTPUT.
CACHE/RESET	Resets systemwide I/O caching statistics for the extended file cache (XFC).
CARD_READER	Defines the default ASCII translation mode for a card reader.
CLUSTER/EXPECTED_VOTES	Sets the total expected votes in the OpenVMS Cluster to a value that you specify or, if no value is specified, sets the total votes to a value determined by the system.
COMMAND	Adds commands that are defined in a command description file to your process command set or a command tables file.
CONTROL	Enables or disables interrupts caused by Ctrl/T or Ctrl/Y.
CPU	Changes the user capabilities associated with the specified CPUs.
DAY	Overrides the default day type specified in the user authorization file (UAF).
DEFAULT	Establishes a device and directory as the current default for file specifications.
DEVICE	Defines device characteristics.
DEVICE/SERVED	Lets you make a disk on a local node available to all the nodes on an OpenVMS Cluster.
DIRECTORY	Modifies the characteristics of one or more directories.
DISPLAY	Redirects the output of a DECwindows application.
ENTRY	Changes the current status or attributes of a job not currently executing in a queue.
FILE	Modifies the characteristics of one or more files.
HOST	Connects your terminal (through the current host processor) to another processor, called the remote processor.
HOST/DTE	Connects your system to a remote system by way of an outgoing terminal line.
HOST/DUP	Connects your terminal to a storage controller through the appropriate bus for that controller.
HOST/HSC	Connects your terminal to a remote HSC50 disk and tape controller through the computer interconnect (CI) bus.
HOST/LAT	Connects your terminal to a specified service available in the local area network (LAN), establishing one session for communication between your terminal and that service.
HOST/RLOGIN	Allows you to log in to a remote host over a TCP/IP connection and start an interactive terminal session by accessing the RLOGIN application.
HOST/TELNET	Connects you to a remote host over a TCP/IP connection by invoking the TELNET application.
HOST/TN3270	Connects you to a remote IBM host over a TCP/IP connection, causing the local keyboard to emulate an IBM 3279-class terminal keyboard by invoking the TN3270 terminal emulator.
KEY	Changes the current keypad state setting.
LOGINS	Allows or disallows users to log in to the system.
MAGTAPE	Defines characteristics of a magnetic tape device.
MESSAGE	Overrides or supplements system messages.
NETWORK	Registers the attributes of a network service.
ON	Controls whether the command interpreter checks for an error condition following the execution of commands in a command procedure.
OUTPUT_RATE	Sets the rate at which output is written to a batch job log file.
PASSWORD	Lets users change their own passwords; lets system managers change the system password.
PREFIX	Allows you to set a prefix control string for verified command lines.
PRINTER	Defines printer characteristics.
PROCESS	Defines execution characteristics of the current process.
PROMPT	Defines the DCL prompt.
PROTECTION/DEFAULT	Establishes the default protection to be applied to all files subsequently created.
QUEUE	Changes the current status or attributes of the specified queue.
RESTART_VALUE	Establishes a test value for restarting portions of batch jobs.
RIGHTS_LIST	Lets users modify the process rights list; lets privileged users modify the system rights list.
RMS_DEFAULT	Provides default multiblock and multibuffer count values to be used by RMS for file operations.
SECURITY	Modifies the security profile of an object.
SERVER	Controls starting, stopping, and restarting of the security server. The security server maintains information stored in the system intrusion and proxy databases.
SYMBOL	Controls access to local and global symbols in command procedures.
TERMINAL	Defines terminal characteristics.
TIME	Resets the system clock to the specified value.
VERIFY	Controls whether the command interpreter displays lines in command procedures as it executes them.
VOLUME	Modifies the characteristics of one or more Files-11 volumes.
WORKING_SET	Changes the current working set limit or quota.

Controls the current accounting file.

Requires OPER (operator) privilege.

Format

SET ACCOUNTING

Parameters

None.

Description

Each node on your system has its own current accounting file. You can control what resources this file tracks, and start up a new version of this file using the SET ACCOUNTING command.

There are two occasions when the resources used by a process are not tracked, despite the SET ACCOUNTING command:

• When you use the RUN (Process) command with the /NOACCOUNTING qualifier.
• When you use the $CREPRC system service with the PRC$M_NOACNT status flag.

Similarly, there is one occasion when the resources used by an image are always tracked, despite the SET ACCOUNTING command:

• When you install an image using the /ACCOUNTING qualifier of the Install utility.

For more information on how to use the SET ACCOUNTING command, refer to the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual.

Qualifiers

/DISABLE[=(keyword[,...])]

Prevents the tracking of the resources specified by the keywords.

Table DCLII-16 lists the keywords you can use to specify the type of resource.

Table DCLII-16 SET ACCOUNTING Keywords for Resource Types

Keyword	Type of Resource
IMAGE	Resources used by an image
LOGIN_FAILURE	Resources used by an unsuccessful attempt to log in
MESSAGE	Unformatted record written to the accounting file by a call to the $SNDJBC system service
PRINT	Resources used by a print job
PROCESS	Resources used by a process

You do not need to stop the tracking of all processes and images. You can prevent resources being tracked for specific types of process and for images running in these types of process.

Table DCLII-17 lists the keywords you can use to specify the type of process.

Table DCLII-17 SET ACCOUNTING Keywords for Process Types

Keyword	Type of Process
BATCH	Batch process
DETACHED	Detached process
INTERACTIVE	Interactive process
NETWORK	Network process
SUBPROCESS	Subprocess (the parent process can be a batch, detached, network, or interactive process)

If the system is no longer tracking any resources, /DISABLE closes the current accounting file.

If you use the /DISABLE qualifier and omit the keywords, the current accounting file does not track any resources, and the system closes the file.

/ENABLE[=(keyword[,...])]

Enables the tracking of the specified resources, and opens the current accounting file if it is not already open. The /ENABLE qualifier uses the same keywords as the /DISABLE qualifier.

Use the keywords shown in Table DCLII-16 to specify the types of resource that you want the local node to track in its current accounting file.

If the resources used by processes or images are being tracked, you can use the keywords shown in Table DCLII-17 to enable the tracking of these resources for specified types of process and for images running in those types of process.

If you use the /ENABLE qualifier and omit the keywords, the current accounting file tracks all resources.

/LOG

Writes information to the current SYS$OUTPUT device as the command executes.

/NEW_FILE

Closes the current accounting file, and starts up a new version of it.

The name of the new file depends on whether the logical name ACCOUNTNG is defined in your system logical name table.

If this logical name is not defined, the SET ACCOUNTING command opens the file SYS$MANAGER:ACCOUNTNG.DAT.

If this logical name is defined, the command opens the file that this logical name points to. If you omit the directory, SYS$MANAGER is the default, and if you omit the file type, .DAT is the default.

The /NEW_FILE qualifier writes a file forward link record to the old file, and a file backward link record to the new file. These records contain the names of the old and new files respectively.

Examples

$ SET ACCOUNTING /DISABLE /ENABLE=(PROCESS,BATCH,INTERACTIVE)
$ SET ACCOUNTING /ENABLE=IMAGE

      

This example tells the system to track the resources used only by batch and interactive processes, and by images running in batch and interactive processes. It illustrates the cumulative effect of /ENABLE and /DISABLE qualifiers, and of SET ACCOUNTING commands.

The /DISABLE qualifier prevents the tracking of all resources. The /ENABLE qualifier then tells the system to track the resources used by batch and interactive processes. The second SET ACCOUNTING command tells the system to track the resources used by images.

$ SET ACCOUNTING /NEW_FILE
$ RENAME SYS$MANAGER:ACCOUNTNG.DAT;-1 WEEK_24_RESOURCES.DAT

      

This example closes the current accounting file, opens a new version of it, and changes the name of the old file to WEEK_24_RESOURCES.DAT.

Provides the management interface to the security auditing system.

Requires the SECURITY privilege.

Format

SET AUDIT/qualifier

Parameters

None.

Description

The SET AUDIT command and the SHOW AUDIT command provide the management interface to the security auditing system.

The SET AUDIT command enables or disables security auditing. In addition, you use the command to do the following:

• Select categories of events to audit
• Change the operational characteristics of the audit server
• Establish the location of the audit journal and the security archive file
• Control the monitoring of disk resources

Values set by the command are saved so it is unnecessary to set them each time the system starts up. Commands for event definition, resource monitoring, and starting a new log apply clusterwide, while other commands apply only to the local node.

Security auditing features require a certain amount of system overhead; therefore, you should be careful to select the features that will provide the most benefit in your work environment. Enable only the auditing of information that you know you will examine and analyze regularly. Any other collection of data is likely to be wasteful. For further information about auditing, refer to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.

There are five categories of qualifiers, grouped by task, for the SET AUDIT command:

Task	Qualifiers	Requirements
Define auditing events	/AUDIT, /ALARM, /CLASS, /ENABLE, /DISABLE	Specify whether you are defining alarms (/ALARM), audits (/AUDIT), or both. Also specify whether you are enabling (/ENABLE) or disabling (/DISABLE) the reporting of the event.
Define auditing log file	/DESTINATION, /JOURNAL, /VERIFY	Requires both the /DESTINATION and /JOURNAL qualifiers.
Define operational characteristics of the audit server and a listener mailbox (if any)	/INTERVAL, /LISTENER, /SERVER, /VERIFY	None.
Define secondary log file	/ARCHIVE, /DESTINATION, /VERIFY	None.
Define resource monitoring defaults	/BACKLOG, /EXCLUDE, /JOURNAL, /RESOURCE, /THRESHOLD, /VERIFY	With the /RESOURCE or /THRESHOLD qualifier, include the /JOURNAL qualifier.

Qualifiers

/ALARM

Makes the command apply to alarms, which are messages displayed on an operator terminal. See the description of the DCL command REPLY/ENABLE for details on how to enable terminals to display security messages.

/ARCHIVE=[keyword,...]

Specifies which classes of audit event messages are written to the security archive file. Specify one or more of the following keywords:

Keyword	Description
NONE	Disables archiving on the system.
[NO]ALL (default)	Enables or disables archiving of all system security events. By default, no events are archived.
SYSTEM_ALARM	Enables archiving of all security alarm events.
SYSTEM_AUDIT	Enables archiving of all security audit events.

Archiving should be run on only one node in an OpenVMS Cluster with its own audit server database because multiple nodes will try to open the audit file exclusively.

/AUDIT

Makes the command apply to audits, which are messages recorded in the system security audit log file.

/BACKLOG=[keyword[,...]]

Specifies the thresholds for suspending a process that has exceeded the process message limit. The thresholds include the total number of messages in memory and the number belonging to the particular process. To prevent a process from being suspended, use the /EXCLUDE qualifier. Specify the following keywords:

Keyword	Description
TOTAL=(n1,n2,n3)	Thresholds at which flow control is initiated and accelerated; see description below.
PROCESS=(p1,p2)	Thresholds at which process submissions are controlled.

Total Messages	Default	Process Messages	Default	Action Taken
N1	100	P1	5	When there are 100 messages in memory, the audit server suspends any process that has submitted 5 or more messages until all messages are written to disk.
N2	200	P2	2	When there are 200 messages in memory, the audit server suspends any process that has submitted 2 or more messages until all messages are written to disk.
N3	300			Any process with messages in memory is suspended until all messages are written to disk.

/CLASS=class

Specifies the class of the object whose auditing attributes are to be modified. If /CLASS is not specified, the command assumes the class is FILE. Specify one of the following keywords with the /CLASS qualifier:

CAPABILITY
COMMON_EVENT_CLUSTER
DEVICE
FILE
GROUP_GLOBAL_SECTION
LOGICAL_NAME_TABLE
QUEUE
RESOURCE_DOMAIN
SECURITY_CLASS
SYSTEM_GLOBAL_SECTION
VOLUME

/DESTINATION=filespec

When changing the destination of event messages, specifies the new location of the system security audit log file. The device, if part of the file specification, must be a disk. The /DESTINATION qualifier requires the /JOURNAL qualifier in this case.

Once you have relocated the log file, execute the command SET AUDIT/SERVER=NEW_LOG to let all the nodes in the cluster know of the new location. The previous audit log file is closed and all subsequent audit event messages generated throughout the cluster are sent to the new audit log file.

When used with /ARCHIVE, specifies the name of the archive log file. Events can be archived to a local or remote file on any file-structured disk device. For example, you can use an archive file to redirect event messages from a satellite to a larger node in the cluster.

/DISABLE=(keyword[,...])

Disables alarms or audits for the specified events. To disable all system events and file access events, specify the keyword ALL. You must specify at least one of the keywords. For a list of the keywords to use with the /DISABLE qualifier, see the /ENABLE qualifier description. You must also specify either the /ALARM or /AUDIT qualifier, or both, when you use the /DISABLE qualifier.

Note In processing the SET AUDIT command, the system processes the /DISABLE qualifier last. If you specify both the /ENABLE and /DISABLE qualifiers for items in the same class on the same command line, the /DISABLE qualifier disables any enabled items. Compaq recommends that you use separate lines for commands containing the /ENABLE and /DISABLE qualifiers.

/ENABLE=(keyword[,...])

Enables alarms or audits for the specified events. To enable all system events and file access events, specify the keyword ALL. You must specify at least one keyword. You must also specify either the /ALARM or /AUDIT qualifier, or both, when you use the /ENABLE qualifier.

The keywords that you can specify with either the /ENABLE or the /DISABLE qualifier are as follows:

Keyword	Description
ACCESS=(condition [:access[,...]] [,...])	Specifies access events for all objects in a class. (To audit a single object, use an auditing ACE and enable the access control list (ACL) category.) Compaq recommends that when you enable auditing conditionally, you enable it for all possible forms of access because the system can check access rights at several points during an operation. (For example, a FAILURE might occur on a read or write access check.) Condition Keyword Description ALL All object access BYPASS Successful object access due to the use of the BYPASS privilege FAILURE Unsuccessful object access GRPPRV Successful object access due to the use of the group privilege (GRPPRV) READALL Successful object access due to the use of the READALL privilege SUCCESS Successful object access SYSPRV Successful object access due to the use of the system privilege (SYSPRV) Access Keyword Description ALL All types of access ASSOCIATE Associate access CONTROL Control access to examine or change security characteristics CREATE Create access DELETE Delete access EXECUTE Execute access LOCK Lock access LOGICAL Logical I/O access MANAGE Manage access PHYSICAL Physical I/O access READ Read access SUBMIT Submit access WRITE Write access
ACL	Specifies an event requested by an audit or alarm ACE in the access control list (ACL) of an object. To audit all objects of a class, use the ACCESS keyword.
ALL	Specifies all system events and file access events. It does not enable access events for object classes other than FILE.
AUDIT=keyword	Specifies events within the auditing subsystem. Only one keyword is currently defined. Keyword Description ILLFORMED Specifies illformed events from internal calls (identified by NSA$M_INTERNAL) to $AUDIT_EVENT, $CHECK_PRIVILEGE, $CHKPRO, or $CHECK_ACCESS system services. An illformed event is caused by an incomplete or syntactically incorrect argument being supplied to one of these system services by a piece of privileged code.
AUTHORIZATION	Specifies the modification of any portion of the system user authorization file (SYSUAF), network proxy authorization file (NETPROXY), or the rights list (RIGHTLIST) (including password changes made through the AUTHORIZE, SET PASSWORD, or LOGINOUT commands or the $SETUAI system service).
BREAKIN=(keyword[,...])	Specifies the occurrence of one or more classes of break-in attempts, as specified by one or more of the following keywords: ALL DETACHED DIALUP LOCAL NETWORK REMOTE
CONNECTION	Specifies a logical link connection or termination through DECnet Phase IV, DECwindows, $IPC, or SYSMAN.
CREATE	Specifies the creation of an object. Requires the /CLASS qualifier if it is not a file.
DEACCESS	Specifies deaccess from an object. Requires the /CLASS qualifier if it is not a file.
DELETE	Specifies the deletion of an object. Requires the /CLASS=DEVICE qualifier.
IDENTIFIER	Specifies that the use of identifiers as privileges should be audited. For further information, refer to the OpenVMS Guide to System Security.
INSTALL	Specifies modifications made to the known file list through the INSTALL utility.
LOGFAILURE= (keyword[,...])	Specifies the occurrence of one or more classes of login failures, as specified by the following keywords: ALL All possible types of login failures BATCH Batch process login failure DETACHED Detached process login failure DIALUP Dialup interactive login failure LOCAL Local interactive login failure NETWORK Network server task login failure REMOTE Interactive login failure from another network node, for example, with a SET HOST command SERVER Server or TCB-based login failure. SUBPROCESS Subprocess login failure
LOGIN= (keyword[,...])	Specifies the occurrence of one or more classes of login attempts, as specified by the following keywords. See the LOGFAILURE keyword for further description. ALL DETACHED LOCAL REMOTE SUBPROCESS BATCH DIALUP NETWORK SERVER
LOGOUT= (keyword[,...])	Specifies the occurrence of one or more classes of logouts, as specified by the following keywords. See the LOGFAILURE keyword for further description. ALL DETACHED LOCAL REMOTE SUBPROCESS BATCH DIALUP NETWORK SERVER
MOUNT	Specifies a mount or dismount operation.
NCP	Specifies access to the network configuration database, using the network control program (NCP).
PRIVILEGE= (keyword[,...])	Specifies successful or unsuccessful use of privilege, as specified by the following keywords: FAILURE [:privilege(,...)] --- Unsuccessful use of privilege SUCCESS [:privilege(,...)] --- Successful use of privilege For a listing of privileges, refer to online help for the DCL command SET PROCESS/PRIVILEGES.
PROCESS= (keyword[,...])	Specifies the use of one or more of the process control system services, as specified by the following keywords: ALL Use of any of the process control system services CREPRC All use of $CREPRC DELPRC All use of $DELPRC SCHDWK Privileged use of $SCHDWK CANWAK Privileged use of $CANWAK WAKE Privileged use of $WAKE SUSPND Privileged use of $SUSPND RESUME Privileged use of $RESUME GRANTID Privileged use of $GRANTID REVOKID Privileged use of $REVOKID GETJPI Privileged use of $GETJPI FORCEX Privileged use of $FORCEX SETPRI Privileged use of $SETPRI Privileged use of a process control system service means the caller used GROUP or WORLD privilege to affect the target process.
SYSGEN	Specifies the modification of a system parameter with the OpenVMS System Generation utility.
TIME	Specifies the modification of system time.

/EXCLUDE=process-id

/NOEXCLUDE=process-id

Adds a process identification (PID) to the audit server's process exclusion list. The process exclusion list contains those processes that will not be suspended by the audit server if a resource exhaustion reaches the action threshold. By default, realtime processes and all of the following processes are included in the process exclusion list and are never suspended:

CACHE_SERVER
CLUSTER_SERVER
CONFIGURE
DFS$COM_ACP
DNS$ADVER
IPCACP
JOB_CONTROL
NETACP
NET$ACP
OPCOM
REMACP
SHADOW_SERVER
SMISERVER
SWAPPER
TP_SERVER
VWS$DISPLAYMGR
VWS$EMULATORS

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