Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mcnc!ece-csc!ncrcae!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!ucbvax!DBSTU1.BITNET!I7100501 From: I7100501@DBSTU1.BITNET.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: RE: VMS V5.0 Message-ID: <8711200915.AA13608@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 04:15:50 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8711200915.AA13608 Posted: Fri Nov 20 04:15:50 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 07:53:57 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 17 "M. S. Pung" writes: > We are currently looking to settle a dispute on the format/length > of the VAX/VMS username. A critical issue involved in this is > whether of not the username field will be expanded in VMS V5.0 > to something like 32 characters. There are currently 32 bytes > set aside in the authorize record, with only 12 being used... This information is from a german field test site for VMS V5.0: VMS V5.0 will NOT support usernames longer than 12 characters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eckart Meyer BITNET: I7100501@DBSTU1 Inst. f. Nachrichtentechnik PHONE: 0531 / 391-2454 Technical University of Braunschweig ADDR: Schleinitzstr. 23 Germany 3300 Braunschweig -----------------------------------------------------------------------------