[log in to unmask] wrote: : Here's a question for anyone and everyone... : Does anyone know of a utility we can use here on the Alpha system that would : "notify" us when a pre-chosen user-id log's on?? I know you can use the notify : command in IRC to do this, how about on the VAX?? It can be done pretty easily using a DCL script. For a hint on how to do it, you just need to output a list of who's on to a file, wait a certain amount of time (like 3-5 minutes, one's that continually check are a waste of CPU time for something that is entirely unneeded), then check again and compare to the last check and if any of the new names are in a file you would have called "friends.lis" or whatever, then send a message to yourself. Then you just need to spawn that script off in the background. As far as I know, there isn't anyway to have the OS tell you someone logged in directly. ______________________________________________________________________ Michael G. Jones Miami University [log in to unmask] Oxford, Ohio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~