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From: bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Viewing SSH users on VMS
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 12:17:00 -0400
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On 8/1/2024 9:33 AM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 8/1/2024 8:15 AM, bill wrote:
>> On 7/31/2024 3:40 PM, David Jones wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2024 2:36 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
>>>> On 31/07/2024 17:31, Chris Townley wrote:
>>>> Interestingly SYS$REM_NODE and SYS$REM_NODE_FULLNAME are both set to 
>>>> the remote IP address, but SYS$REM_ID is set to the local, not the 
>>>> remote username.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Equally interesting: the SSHDxx_BGnnn process that controls the PTY 
>>> has SYS$REM_NODE/SYS$REM_NODE_FULLNAME
>>> set to the actual hostname of the remote host instead of the IP 
>>> address. SYS$REM_ID is set to SSH$SSH.
>>>
>>
>> Could that be that VMS either does or intended SSH to be usable over
>> DECNET where there would not have been an IP address?
>   No.
> 

OK.  I guess it was just wishful thinking.  :-)

bill