logon

Syntax
Category	Definitions
Type	Definition
Description	the procedure used to gain access to the system. The logon procedure consists of a user prompt which is usually "D3 - Enter your Pick user id:". To gain access to the system, the user should type in his or her user ID which corresponds to an item in the Pick users file. After entering the ID, the user may be prompted for some combination of user password, master dictionary, and master dictionary password depending on the user macro. The "D3 - Enter your Pick user id:" prompt can be modified by changing the "logon" item in the "mds,," file. On releases 7.0 and above, the "master dictionary:" prompt can be modified by changing the "md" item in the "messages" file. On both R83 and D3 release 6.1 and above, the logon process has a mechanism designed to keep noisy lines from causing system degradation due to repeated logon prompts. This mechanism locks the user out of the logon process after three failed logon attempts. At this point, the user must type the sequence "<space><Enter><Enter>" to restart the logon prompt. On releases 6.1 and above, the logon lockout can be toggled with the "logon-lock" verb. By default, the lockout is disabled on D3.
Options
See Also	users logon logon-lock mds messages file set-remote-user
Example	An example of an alternate "master dictionary" prompt is as follows: hEnter Master Dictionary Please >>+
Warnings
Compatibility	R83 AP 6.1 D3 7.0