Announcement of RJS at UCSB
A notice that UCSB offered a server for basic Remote Job Entry operations.
Krilanovich, M., "Announcement of RJS at UCSB", RFC 436, DOI 10.17487/RFC0436, January 1973, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc436>.
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series = {Request for Comments},
number = 436,
howpublished = {RFC 436},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/RFC0436},
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author = {M. Krilanovich},
title = {{Announcement of RJS at UCSB}},
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year = 1973,
month = jan,
} RFC text
Network Working Group Mark Krilanovich
RFC #436 UCSB
NIC #13700 Jan. 10 1973
Announcement of RJS at UCSB
There now is resident under socket 5 at UCSB a server program which
supports a subset of the Remote Job Entry Protocol of RFC #407. This
document includes enough information to allow the user to gain access
to, and use the more basic function of UCSB's RJS. An RFC containing
more detailed documentation will be forthcoming shortly.
The accounting parameters needed to login to RJS are a userid and a
password, each consisting of one to eight alphameric characters, the
first of which must be alphabetic. The userid is, at present,
completely arbitrary. The password is arbitrary the first time it is
used with a particular userid; in subsequent logins with that userid,
the same password must appear. Eventually, users will be assigned
userid-password pairs by UCSB Computer Center.
The only transmission mode supported currently is T (TELNET-like
carriage control); any other is treated as T. The other modes will soon
be added. The only disposition supported is the default transmit-and-
discard; any other is treated as transmit-and discard. The other
dispositions may or may not be added later.
For consistency and user convenience, the command 'INUSER' may be
substituted for 'INID' and 'OUTPATH' for 'OUT'. The following commands
are not as yet implemented: ABORT, ALTER, BACK, HOLD, OP RECOVER,
RESTART, AND SKIP. At least some of these will be implemented
relatively soon.
In order to accommodate users of TENEX FTP servers, the commands
'INACCT' and 'OUTACCT' have been added. These are used to set the
account number used in the file retrieval and storage operations,
respectively. The command 'ACCT' may be used to get both account
numbers. If one of these account numbers has not been specified, the
FTP 'ACCT' command will be omitted from the appropriate file operation.
These commands have the familiar syntax of <command verb> followed by
<space> or optionally '-', followed by <parameter> and <CR> <LF>. The
<operand> is an account number consisting of one to six alphameric
characters.
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§1The UCSB RJS Server
Mark Krilanovich announces that a server program is resident under socket 5 at UCSB. It supports a subset of the Remote Job Entry Protocol in RFC 407, and the RFC gives enough information to use basic functions.
The author says a more detailed document will follow.
The notice identifies where the service listens and which protocol it partly supports. It introduces the basic way to use the service.
§2Logging In
Users log in with a user ID and password, each containing one to eight alphanumeric characters, with a letter first. A user ID is arbitrary at this stage; the first password used with that ID becomes the password required for later logins.
The RFC says UCSB Computer Center would eventually assign user ID and password pairs.
A user chooses an ID and password initially and must use that password again with the same ID. The note says assigned pairs were planned for later.
§3Supported Features
The server supports transmission mode T; other modes are treated as T. It supports the default transmit-and-discard disposition, and the note lists commands such as ABORT, ALTER, RESTART, and SKIP as not yet implemented.
It also documents account commands for users of TENEX FTP servers and gives shortcuts for some other commands.
Only a limited set of functions works at this stage. The RFC lists unfinished commands and explains a few account-related options.