From:	MERC::"uunet!WKUVX1.BITNET!goathunter" 22-MAY-1992 19:20:59.55
To:	supser-l@WKUVX1.BITNET
CC:	
Subj:	Announcing the Supervisor Series v5.2

Howdy.  Well, I just released v5.2 of the Supervisor Series.  I'd like to
take this opportunity to thank Peggy Mogush and Dan Wing for their help in
testing this version.

I'm making the announcement here on SUPSER-L, but won't announce it
elsewhere until next Wednesday (27-MAY) so that the SUPSER-L people will
have a chance to get it before the rest of the world does.  That *should*
help with my BITNET line limitations, but please prepare for some delays:
v5.2 comes as *42* 60-block files.

This version includes the .MAR sources, as well as a new _Installation
Guide_.  I've included part of the release notes below my sig.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE read the release notes before installing version 5.2.
There is important information in there.

The Supervisor Series v5.2 is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.spc.edu
in directory [.MACRO32.SAVESETS]SUPERVISOR.BCK_Z.  *IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
FTP, PLEASE PICK IT UP THAT WAY!!!*

You can also get it by sending the following commands in the body of a mail
message to FILESERV@WKUVX1.BITNET:

SEND SUPERVISOR
SEND FILESERV_TOOLS

If you still have the FILESERV_TOOLS from before, you don't need to get
them again.

Hunter
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Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251

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          The Supervisor Series V5.2 provides the following bug
          fixes and enhancements to V5.1-1:

          1  ADVISOR and OBSERVER have been combined into one
             program called SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR can be run in
             either ADVISOR or OBSERVER mode, providing the same
             functionality as before. The ADVISE and OBSERVE
             commands are no longer used and should be deleted
             from DCLTABLES if they were previously installed.

          2  Security checks were added to SUPERVISOR to prevent
             unauthorized use of the utility. Previous versions
             of OBSERVER and ADVISOR could be run by any user
             who had access to the images. SUPERVISOR checks to
             see if the user holds certain rights identifiers
             before allowing the monitoring of another terminal.
             See the manual SUPERVISOR Reference Guide for more
             information on the rights identifiers used.

          3  A command interface (of sorts) was added to
             SUPERVISOR. All SUPERVISOR commands consist of
             two-key control sequences. This change allowed for
             more functions and also eliminated the problems
             of having a single character defined as the /EXIT_
             CHARACTER. The functions added include the ability
             to toggle between ADVISOR and OBSERVER modes,
             toggle between NOTIFY and QUIET modes, etc.

          4  Previous versions OBSERVER/ADVISOR notified the
             target user that monitoring was enabled unless the
             /QUIET qualifier was specified. SUPERVISOR has been
             changed so that, by default, it starts in QUIET
             mode (and OBSERVER mode). If the user does not
             hold the identifier to use QUIET mode, he/she must
             specify /NOTIFY on the command line. This change
             was made to avoid accidentally notifying a suspect
             that he/she was being monitored.

          5  The Supervisor Series uses a logical name table
             to keep track of which terminals are supervising
             which terminals. The name of the logical name
             table was changed from SPC$LNM_TABLE to SUPSER$LNM_
             TABLE. Also, previous versions incorrectly set
             the protection on the table to (S,O,G,W:RWED).
             This has been changed to the proper protection of
             (S:RWED,O,G,W).

             The logical name table will be probably be removed
             in a future version.

          6  SUPERVISOR now checks to see if the target terminal
             is the system console for a VAX 6xxx-series system.
             If it is and /ADVISE was specified on the command
             line, an error is reported. Previous versions would
             allow the advising, causing the system console to
             hang.

          7  Previous versions of OBSERVER/ADVISOR would
             generate a non-fatal access violation if a user
             tried to monitor his own terminal. This has been
             corrected in SUPERVISOR.

          8  Previous versions of OBSERVER/ADVISOR used $BRKTHRU
             to tell the target terminal that monitoring had
             been disabled. Because the image sometimes exited
             before the $BRKTHRU was sent, the user would only
             see part of the notice. SUPERVISOR uses $BRKTHRUW.

          9  Miscellaneous pieces of code were rewritten and
             modified.