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Change MTS Hostname

 

Hi.
I'm running MTS, and noticed that the default hostname for the system distribution? from MTS Archive is (MT)
Is there a way I can change the hostname? The login screen also shows "University of Michigan Computing Center", is it possible to change this?
I can't get at the source files very well, and I would prefer an easier solution to customize these things.
 

Yes, it's possible, but I wouldn't recommend trying it. I changed the host ID from MT to MA on my system and it was surprisingly difficult. I didn't try changing the banner from University of Michigan to anything else. That should be possible too, but I don't know what's involved. Back in 1988 new MTS sites were a rare event and changing the host ID and site name was far from the most difficult problem to be solved. Now it would make sense for it to be easier, but it's not high on the list.

Mike

On 28 Apr 2021, at 12:50, Henry M wrote:

I'm running MTS, and noticed that the default hostname for the system distribution? from MTS Archive is (MT)
Is there a way I can change the hostname? The login screen also shows "University of Michigan Computing Center", is it possible to change this?
I can't get at the source files very well, and I would prefer an easier solution to customize these things.
 

I had no intention of having it be easy. If it's possible, id like to know how.
 

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On 4 May 2021, at 9:53, Henry M wrote:

I had no intention of having it be easy. If it's possible, id like to know how.

It's possible, but I can't tell you how. I've never done that in D6 (or at least not since the 80s). I did it in the 1996 system, but I didn't take notes at the time. I later wrote down some of what I did from memory, but it's not complete. FWIW here is what I have:

  1. Changed the host name from MT to MA.? This required changing a number of things including?
    1. the Userdirectory database
    2. *RMS
    3. SFIL:BITNETROUTES
    4. ???

Neither 2 nor 3 exist in D6 since they are related to the Resource Manager which replaced HASP.

My suggestion is to change it in TABLES and any other obvious places and see what breaks.

Mike

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