On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:13:03 +0800, Timothy Sipples wrote: > >You're referring to TSO/E only, which has a 7 character user ID limitation. >Yes, if you're shopping for TSO/E, maybe that's a strike against TSO/E. >Also (consequently?) if you're shopping for a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor >military fighter aircraft. Its design support and parts database is limited >to 7 character user IDs, too: > >http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/aeronautics/materialmanagement/scm-engineering/scm-emap.html > I suppose that's some kind of endorsement. The "(consequently?)" may be significant.
>Fact: Every z/OS licensee receives Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS with >LDAP. There's no such limit there, and, like TSO/E, it's part of base z/OS. >If you want N-character user IDs (N>7), go for it. Enjoy. > But do users with such IDs then have access to TSO/E? And how do IDs with N>8 play with other components, such as batch? For simple examples, what ID is displayed in messages such as IRR010I? What ID does getpwuid() return as *pw_name? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
