From: carl@gergl1.gerg.tamu.edu
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:30 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: Excursion PCs as X-Terminals on OpenVMS

In article <H9bv8.2$uW.157728@cacnews.cac.cpqcorp.net>, "Upadhyaya" <ups@hotvoice.com> writes...
}> $ sho log decw$server_trans*/tab=decw*
}The output on my system is same as your's.
} 
}> Which means if I wanted to use TCPIP as a transport on this  machine I'd
}have to edit SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM,

}DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM file is not in my VMS system. We used
}following command
}define/tab=DECW$SERVER0_TABLE/exec/tran=terminal DECW$SERVER_TRANSPORTS
}decnet,local,tcpip
}Now the output of $ sho log decw$server_trans*/tab=decw*
}shows DECnet, Local and TCPIP.

Just because you have defined this logical doesn't mean that the
DECWindows server has actually set up the transport. Do not change
these logicals manually. Make changes to the configuration in 
the .COM file as specified.

If you do not have the .COM file, you chould have a file called
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE to start with. Copy
that to be DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM and edit it. It has some
instructions at the beginning on things you can define in it.
You won't be defining a logical, you will be setting up a global
symbol. When the DECWindows startup is run it runs various other
DECW$*.COM files (one of which then runs this one) to set some
things up and define various symbols. These symbols are then checked
and used to configure the server.

(There is an alternate way to add TCPIP to the list. This alternate
method is used by Multinet - in the Multinet startup the logical name
DECW$Install_TCPIP is defined. If this logical is present, then the
DECW$STARTSERVER.COM file will also enable the TCPIP transport. It
is possible that recent versions of other IP stacks on VMS do this too.
This saves you from having to copy/create that file and edit it -
once such an IP stack is installed the IP transport will be automagically
enabled.)

}> change the entry for the transport and restart the server.
}Should I restart eXcursion or VMS DECWindows Server?
} 
}I restarted eXcursion, but could not get login shell.
} 
}Regards,
}Upadhyaya

After editing the appropriate file, you have to restart the
DECWindows server to get it to set up the transport properly.
From a suitable privileged account, typically SYSTEM:

$ @sys$manager:decw$startup restart

--- Carl