The following are some useful utilities I've written over the years. All assume that you have the OSU web server installed and running and know how to create protected script directories to password-protect the applications.
Use at your own risk. No warranties implied or expressed. YMMV. Enjoy!
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See the readme.txt file in each zip file for detailed information. Everything is written in DCL so you don't need any compilers or to learn any new languages. If you are a VMS bigot, you already know DCL and can figure out what my scripts are doing :)
CHANGE_PASSWORD.COM allows you to create an account synchronization list that will be used to change a user's passwords on all VMS, pathworks and advanced server domains throughout your network. Uses DECNET to launch a command file via DECNET task-to-task communications that actually executes the password change under the system account sent remotely from the httpserver account. The script forces users to choose from a system-generated list of passwords. This can easily be removed from the utility, if desired.
PWCONTROL is a web-browser based Advanced Server v6.x and v7.x management utility for creating accounts, shares, groups, etc. You can give non-privileged pc support technicians access to only the functions you want them to have. For example, allow them to grant access to shares, but don't allow them to create new user accounts or to grant Domain Admin priv to anyone. Manage all of your Advanced Server domains from anywhere in the network.
VMSINV.COM generates static web pages detailing the hardware and software configuration for a VMS server.
WEBDAT is not quite a 4gl, but not quite a 3gl either, actually it is barely a GL at all. Give it a key and a list of data fields that you want to maintain in an RMS data file and it will generate scripts to CRUD the database (Create, Remove, Update, Display). Records are stored in a special variable length delimited list field format to allow up to 255 bytes per field. It is a simple format and can be imported into other applications such as Excel easily. The web scripts generate simple forms to enter and change data. You can manually modify these simple scripts to make some extremely advanced gui applications and databases.