Re: Workstation IDs

["D. Parmer" <dparmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the DISPLAY environment variable is set it's value will be used instead
of the IP address.  If you are using client server you will have to create a
file called .bpcsrc in each users $HOME directory.  (The client/server
product does not source the users .profile so SSA created .bpcsrc for this
purpose.)  It should contain the following line:

export DISPLAY=xxxxxxxx

BPCS will only use the first eight characters and they should be unique for
each user.  One way to do this would be to set DISPLAY=${uid}.  "uid" will
return the users numeric id which will be less than 8 characters and unique.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Hales <chales@schukra.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 5:03 PM
Subject: Workstation IDs


>
>
> 6.02plf C/S HP9000
>
> According to SSA, the workstation id is based on the "hexadecimal
>representation of the IP address".  Is there anyway we can set this to be
>based on something other than IP?  We are looking into running DHCP
>(obtaining IP addresses automatically), and this creates the problem of
>having to change your workstation settings every time you log in.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Christine
>
>_______________________________
>Christine Hales, System Analyst
>AEA Management
>Ph (519) 254-4410 Ext. 146
>Fax (519) 254-6884
>
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