tring to autostart services on boot

[Amit Levin_1]

Hi everybody,
I am tring to enable certain services on boot time.
I enabled them on boot with:
$ tcpip set conf enable service ftp
...
after boot, FTP wont start!
when I do:
tcpip enable service ftp
it starts.
how can I enable it on startup?
my tcpip version is:
tcpip show ver

Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.3 - ECO 2
on a AlphaServer ES45 Model 1B running OpenVMS V7.3-1

[Martin P.J. Zinser]

@sys$manager:tcpip$confiugre

If you enable the service in there it will be
started automatically at boot time.

Else you could always add the tcpip set conf...
commands to your own startup scripts ;-)

Happy new year,

Martin

[Veli Körkkö · Accepted solution]

well, since you apparently have the service properly configud and also properly enabled to be started during TCPIP startup BUT IT DOES NOT START, the most likely reason would be

SYSTEM WIDE LOGIN PROCEDURE contained logic

Start with putting $SET NOON at the very beginning, also maybe something like

$if f$mode() .eqs. "NETWORK" then exit

very early there.

Also, put a

$ SET LOGINS/INTERACTIVE=0

pretty much top of SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM, try
to log into system early, do

$ REPLY/ENABLE

and check what kind of messages you get during TCPIP startup.

My bet is on your SYS$SYLOGIN pointed procedure containing some bad stuff that FAILS if procedure executed during system
startup but what works later.

_veli

[Juerg Eichenberger]

Hi Amit

To see what services gets started at system startup use

$ TCPIP SHOW CONFIG ENABLE SERVICE

To permanently enable FTP at system startup use:

$ TCPIP SET CONF ENABLE SERVICE FTP

Add a /COMMON if you want to enable FTP clusterwide.

All the above normally is done by TCPIP$CONFIG.COM

Regards
Juerg

[labadie_1]

Amit

I have seen similar situations. The only workaround has been to delete (when you can, of course) the file sys$system:tcpip$service.dat, then @tcpip$config to add again the services you use (Ftp, Telnet...)

You should have in operator.log a message, may be something as
"nolisten service disabled...", which could help resolve this issue.

regards

Gerard

[Amit Levin_1]

Veli, you did it!
I added: $if f$mode() .eqs. "NETWORK" then exit
to my sylogin.com and it realy solved my problem.
You earned your points.

10x,
Amit.