The following table lists all the SET command options, including
those generally reserved for use by system operators and
managers.
Option Function
ACCOUNTING Controls the current accounting file.
AUDIT Provides the management interface to the
security auditing system.
BOOTBLOCK Initializes the boot block on the target
(Integrity servers device.
BROADCAST Determines which messages will be broadcast to
SYS$OUTPUT.
CACHE/RESET Resets systemwide I/O caching statistics for
the extended file cache (XFC).
CARD_READER Defines the default ASCII translation mode for
a card reader.
CLUSTER/EXPECTED_ Sets the total expected votes in the OpenVMS
VOTES Cluster to a value that you specify or, if no
value is specified, sets the total votes to a
value determined by the system.
COMMAND Adds commands that are defined in a command
description file to your process command set
or a command tables file.
CONTROL Enables or disables interrupts caused by
Ctrl/T or Ctrl/Y.
CPU Changes the user capabilities associated with
the specified CPUs.
DAY Overrides the default day type specified in
the user authorization file (UAF).
DEFAULT Establishes a device and directory as the
current default for file specifications.
DEVICE Defines device characteristics.
DEVICE/SERVED Lets you make a disk on a local node available
to all the nodes on an OpenVMS Cluster.
DIRECTORY Modifies the characteristics of one or more
directories.
DISPLAY Redirects the output of a DECwindows
application.
ENTRY Changes the current status or attributes of a
job not currently executing in a queue.
FILE Modifies the characteristics of one or more
files.
HOST Connects your terminal (through the current
host processor) to another processor, called
the remote processor.
HOST/DTE Connects your system to a remote system by way
of an outgoing terminal line.
HOST/DUP Connects your terminal to a storage controller
through the appropriate bus for that
controller.
HOST/HSC Connects your terminal to a remote HSC50
disk and tape controller through the computer
interconnect (CI) bus.
HOST/LAT Connects your terminal to a specified service
available in the local area network (LAN),
establishing one session for communication
between your terminal and that service.
HOST/RLOGIN Allows you to log in to a remote host over a
TCP/IP connection and start an interactive
terminal session by accessing the RLOGIN
application.
HOST/TELNET Connects you to a remote host over a TCP/IP
connection by invoking the TELNET application.
HOST/TN3270 Connects you to a remote IBM host over a
TCP/IP connection, causing the local keyboard
to emulate an IBM 3279-class terminal keyboard
by invoking the TN3270 terminal emulator.
IMAGE Modifies or restores the image attributes of
an OpenVMS ELF format image file.
KEY Changes the current keypad state setting.
LOGINS Allows or disallows users to log in to the
system.
MAGTAPE Defines characteristics of a magnetic tape
device.
MESSAGE Overrides or supplements system messages.
NETWORK Registers the attributes of a network service.
ON Controls whether the command interpreter
checks for an error condition following the
execution of commands in a command procedure.
OUTPUT_RATE Sets the rate at which output is written to a
batch job log file.
PASSWORD Lets users change their own passwords; lets
system managers change the system password.
PREFERRED_PATH Specifies a particular host or preferred path
to access a specific MSCP class disk or TMSCP
class tape device.
PREFIX Allows you to set a prefix control string for
verified command lines.
PRINTER Defines printer characteristics.
PROCESS Defines execution characteristics of the
current process.
PROMPT Defines the DCL prompt.
PROTECTION/DEFAULT Establishes the default protection to be
applied to all files subsequently created.
QUEUE Changes the current status or attributes of
the specified queue.
RESTART_VALUE Establishes a test value for restarting
portions of batch jobs.
RIGHTS_LIST Lets users modify the process rights list;
lets privileged users modify the system rights
list.
RMS_DEFAULT Provides default multiblock and multibuffer
count values to be used by RMS for file
operations.
SECURITY Modifies the security profile of an object.
SERVER ACME Controls starting, stopping, and restarting of
(Alpha/Integrity the ACME server, which controls authentication
servers only) policies for $ACM system service clients.
SERVER REGISTRY Controls starting, stopping, and restarting
(Alpha/Integrity of the Registry server, which provides access
servers only) to the Registry database for $REGISTRY system
service clients.
SERVER SECURITY Controls starting, stopping, and restarting
of the security server, which maintains
information stored in the system intrusion
and proxy databases.
SHADOW Changes the characteristics of shadow sets
(Alpha/Integrity created using Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS.
servers only)
SYMBOL Controls access to local and global symbols in
command procedures.
TERMINAL Defines terminal characteristics.
TIME Resets the system clock to the specified
value.
VERIFY Controls whether the command interpreter
displays lines in command procedures as it
executes them.
VOLUME Modifies the characteristics of one or more
Files-11 volumes.
WORKING_SET Changes the current working set limit or
quota.