[Info-vax] Nonexisting "Owner process" of a device.

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2017-07-06 kl. 21:36, skrev Michael Moroney:

> What version of VMS and (I assume) HP TCPIP?
> 
> I vaguely remember this (device being allocated to a nonexistent
> process) being an annoyance for years, related to the use of the
> SHARE privilege, and something was fixed to take care of this.
> If in TCPIP the fix may not be in TNDRIVER (if the fix is in drivers
> themselves, it probably isn't)
> 

Sorry, forgot the versions... :-)

Yes, not the very latest (but will soon become "VSI OpenVMS 8.4-2L1").

$ tcpip sh ver

   HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.5 - ECO 1
   on a COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 666 MHz running OpenVMS V8.2

$

As I said, not big deal. It doesnt happen that often and there
is an easy work around (just select another TNA device for this
particylar application).