[Simh] SIMH, VMS, Telnet - Logging on after logoff won't work

[Kevin Handy]

Robert Jarratt wrote:
>
> I am having a problem using Telnet to access VMS on SIMH. I can 
> connect to VMS using Telnet and work away happily, but after I have 
> logged off I cannot get another login prompt. It seems that after a 
> while VMS logs the following message to the console:
>
> Auditable event: Local interactive login failure
>
> Event time: 23-MAY-2007 22:31:32.65
>
> PID: 00000221
>
> Process name: _TTA0:
>
> Username: <login>
>
> Process owner: [SYSTEM]
>
> Terminal name: _TTA0:
>
> Image name: ROBNOD$DUA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSEXE]LOGINOUT.EXE
>
> Status: %LOGIN-F-CMDINPUT, error reading command input
>
> And then I can get a login prompt again.
>
> I have tried attach –am dz <port> and SET TER/PERM/MODEM/HANGUP to no 
> avail (although I did not reboot VMS).
>
> Any suggestion for how I can resolve this?
>
Not much help, but may lead to some solution:

 From the console window, as a privileged user, do a
"show user/full", and somewhere it will list a "LOGIN"
running on that port.

Then do a "KILL <xxxx>" where <xxxx> is the
PID of that login. You should now be able to
connect again.