| Greg,
> 1. Is there a mechanism for enabling/disabling and monitoring local
> consoles from the command line or X Window Interface.
Well, yes. You can limit users access to specific systems.
> 2. How would remote operators be notified of any logical or physical
> changes made to the systems by people with local access to the machine?
Well, there is an event notification service that runs in the
background and is used to fire off an action routine whenever an
'event' is detected. In you case you could send mail to specific users
whenever a Reconfigure Event is detected. A reconfigure event is
generated whenever the database has been changed, however small.
However, what has been changed in the database will be unknown, so
I don't know if this will fit your needs.
> 3. What hardware is needed to enable remote operations? Is a TCP/IP
> network is all that is needed.
Yes. You'll also need a terminal server that is capable of running
Telnet. Most of our newer ones, like the DECserver 90TL, will do the
trick.
> 4. What is the maximum distance at which full remote operations can be
> performed?
No minimum distance using TCP/IP. I've monitored systems in the UK from
the US with no problem.
Dave
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