RFC 307 (rfc307) - Page 1 of 6

Using network Remote Job Entry

Network Working Group                                         E. Harslem
Request for Comment: 307                                            Rand
NIC: 9258                                              February 24, 1972
References: 113, 189

                     USING NETWORK REMOTE JOB ENTRY

OVERVIEW

   As has been mentioned in previous RFCs and at previous Network
   meetings various groups at Rand have been doing RJE to remote Network
   sites (UCBS and UCLA) for over a year.  Until recently all this work
   has been done from our IBM 360/65 which is only a Network using host
   (not a server).  Recently our PDP-10 has come onto the Network as
   both a user and server host.  We now have, as well, a program on the
   PDP-10 allowing access to the Remote Job Service (RJS) at UCLA.  Our
   normal mode of operation is diagramed below.


                    RAND                                     UCLA
               ________________                        ________________
              |    PDP-10      |                      |     360/91     |
    ______    |                |                      |                |
   |      |   |   __________   |                      |   __________   |
   |File  |   |  | RJS      |  |                      |  |          |  |
   |System|___|__| Access   |__|___/\/\ Network /\____|__|    RJS   |  |
   |      |   |  | Program  |  |       \/     \/      |  |          |  |
   |______|   |  |__________|  |                      |  |__________|  |
              |       |        |                      |                |
              |       |        |                      |                |
              |_______|________|                      |________________|
                      |
                      |
                    User

   To use RJS the user creates a job source "deck" in the Rand File
   system.  He then instructs the RJS Access Program (RJSAP) to send
   that file (job) to RJS.  (Sample session below.)  He can then monitor
   the status of his job via RJSAP (and hence RJS) and ask that RJSAP
   retrieve his print output to a local file, (or directly to his
   console, the line printer or whatever).

   Recently, several people at other Network sites have expressed an
   interest in using RJS.  However, they are located at a minimal Host
   or at a host not providing RJS access.  Since the Rand PDP-10 is a
   Network server, these people can solve their access problem by
   logging onto the Rand PDP-10, using Telnet, and running the RJSAP
   themselves.  The remainder of this RFC describe the steps necessary



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