TOPS-10 issue with new user

[Eric Swenson]

I installed TOPS-10 7.04 and created a new user [27,101] test.  When I attempt to login as test, I don’t get prompted for a password.  However, REACT shows this:

   PPN: [27,101]

   User name: TEST

   Profile default: [27,%] or [%,%]

 * Personal name: -none-

 * Distribution location: -none-

 * Mailing address: -none-

 * Expiration date: never

 * LOGIN times: Weekdays 0:23  Weekends 0:23

 * Access types: Local, Remote, Subjob of batch, Batch

 * Requirements for LOGIN:

        Account and remark strings are not required

        Name is not required

        Password under timesharing and batch

        Password change at next LOGIN

        Minimum password length: -none-

        Password change interval: -none-

        Password changes are allowed

 * Schedular type: 0

 * Program to run: -none-

 * Context-quotas: Contexts 30, Total pages 1000

 * Core Limits: Physical 512, Virtual 512

 * ENQ/DEQ quota: 511

 * IPCF quotas: Send 511, Receive 511, PIDs 511

 * Privileges: -none-

 * Spooled device bits: -none-

 * Watch bits: -none-

 * Structure quotas:

        Structure    Quota in   Quota  out   Reserved     Status

        ---------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ----------

          DSKB      -infinite-  -infinite-           0

   Administrative data:

        Profile last changed by [1,2] at  7-Oct-25 14:16:18

        Last access -never-

        Last password change  at  7-Oct-25 14:16:18

 A total of one user listed

I interpret the “Password under timesharing and batch” to mean that a password is required.  Is it because I’m using the operator console to login that I’m not prompted for a password?

How, using the SIMH pdp10 (KS) simulator, can I connect to other lines (I used MONGEN as per Quentin’s log)?

— Eric

[Tim Radde]

I run 7.04 also. But I have not added any users.  If you copied the ini file from the version 6 and modified it there should be a telnet port you can telnet to to log on

as a normal user.  I forget what "Password under Timesharing" means.  I did look it up and think it does not mean what you think.  But my memory is poor so it may

mean just that.  But then why no password required.  I would think even at the console you'd need to enter a PW.

[Eric Swenson]

Hi Tim. The issue for me was that I was logged on the operator console. When I switched to pdp10-kl and configured some inbound connections to regular terminals, I’m getting password prompts. In REACT, setting “password timesharing” under requirements prompts for passwords on regular tty lines, but not the operator console. Not sure how to force password checking on the console.

On Oct 7, 2025, at 18:52, Tim Radde <timr...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[Tim Radde]

I can't seem to find the copy of REACT or the document where it's described.  So you may be right.  I just don't know.  Last time I worked on a pdp-10 was in 1981.

[Eric Swenson]

REACT is documented here:

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/TOPS10_softwareNotebooks/vol15/AA-P512C-TB_TOPS-10_Software_Installation_Guide_Oct88.pdf

On Oct 8, 2025, at 07:26, Tim Radde <timr...@gmail.com> wrote:

I can't seem to find the copy of REACT or the document where it's described.  So you may be right.  I just don't know.  Last time I worked on a pdp-10 was in 1981.

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