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ems_service_ 
prompt_type
Specifies the service selection 
prompt to which the EMS login 
process responds and begins. 
type is the hostname of the 
NonStop server or 
TYPE:choice, where choice is 
the login service, such as TACL, 
TACLS, XYGATE, or 
SAFEGUARD. You can also 
specify _ANYSYS instead of 
_type. 
Assign any search pattern as a 
Perl regular expression, and the 
special %username% and 
%password% values may be 
used in responses to equate to 
those values. All entries should 
be enclosed in single quotes 
rather than double quotes.
Default value: /^Enter 
Choice>\s*$/i (set for 
_ANYSYS)
Expression No
ems_service_ 
answer_type
Specifies the service response. 
See ems_service_prompt
_type for an explanation of type.
Default value: logon (set for 
_TYPE:SAFEGUARD)
Expression No
ems_service_select_ 
type
Specifies the service. See 
ems_service_prompt_type 
for an explanation of type.
Default value: TACL (set for 
_ANYSYS)
Expression Yes
ems_login_ 
userprompt_type
Defines the user prompt during 
the login process. See 
ems_service_prompt_type 
for an explanation of type.
Default values:
• for _TYPE:TACL: /TACL 
1>\s*$/
• for _TYPE:TACLS:  
/login:\s*$/i
• for _TYPE:XYGATE: /TACL 
1>\s*$/
• for _TYPE:SAFEGUARD:  
/TACL 1>\s*$/
Expression No
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