RFC 431 (rfc431) - Page 1 of 3
Update on SMFS Login and Logout
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RFC #431 Mark Krilanovich
NIC #13300 UCSB
Updates: 122 Dec. 15, 1972
Obsoletes: 399
Update on SMFS Login and Logout
This document replaces RFC 399, which introduced the Login
and Logout commands for UCSB's SMFS, but was incomplete. RFC 399
is restated here, followed by a description of the nature of the
response elicted by these commands
Two new commands have been added to UCSB's Simple Minded
File System (SMFS). They are described below.
Login (LGI)
The Login command is the means whereby the user identifies
himself and specifies the account number to which his use of SMFS
is to be billed. The user should issue a LGI command directly
after completing the ICP and before any command referencing a
file. The user name and account number specified remain in
effect until another LGI command is issued, a LGO command is
issued, or the connection is close.
At present, the use of SMFS is not billed, and therefore
use of the accounting command is optional. It is requested,
however, that users and user processes begin to use this command
as soon as possible, since we would like to collect statistics on
SMFS utilization before implementing billing. Therefore, at
present the user name can be any name that identifies the user,
and the account number is completely arbitrary.
The format of the LGI command is given below. Note that
the lengths of the fixed-length fields are given in bits. The op
code for LGI is decimal 13.
8
The and fields are further divided
