A105@UWOCC1.BITNET (Brent Sterner) (11/12/86)
Ooops, we just got JNET here. Some of our users, for accounting purposes, have usernames which were derived form TOPS-10 account ppns, and look like p_pn, where p is a 5 character octal number and pn is a 4 character octal number. This means we have usernames of 10 characters, 2 longer than IBM systems use. JNET has a serious problem translating these (it can't, so it truncates). How do you resolve this? It is a serious limitation for this site. No we cannot easily map several thousand accounts to use shorter names. One possible solution might be to map the username during sends and receives. Is there any utility which would allow a username change while a user is logged on? If so, sends and receives could be performed within a shell which did the pre and post conversion (although I personally dislike the concept). Please send suggestions directly to me, and I'll summarize. Thanks. Brent Sterner Computing & Communications Services Natural Sciences Building The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7 Telephone (519)661-2151 x6036 Network <A105@UWOCC1.BITNET>