I generally dislike those schemes that make use of departments or projects, as this means a new id must be assigned when the employee moves department. However, some may argue this has its own benefit, as it prevents inheritance of authorities in those situations.
Lennie Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com 'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.' -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: 13 July 2023 22:22 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Userid schemes I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, all truncated as needed, of course. These are IDs I've had, won't tell ya where each was (and omitting just firstname, just lastname, or intials): 1. First initial, last name, plus a number as needed: PSMITH, PSMITH1 2. Last name || first name, with number if necessary, but always including first initial: SMITHIIP, or SMITHIP2 if needed 3. First three of last name, first two of first name, plus a number: SMIPH03 (I've always wondered how they'd deal with Kyle Fuchs or Tyrone Shipman) 4. First initial, last name, truncated to max of six with a two-digit number: I was PSMITH87; friend was TSMITH99-we never found out what the next T. Smith would get: would they reuse a hole, if any, or go to TSMIT100? Anyone got any other variations? This is purely a curiosity item, no agenda. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
