A good userid scheme should not identify who the userid belongs to or the job function of the person. Several places I have worked had this philosophy. All userids that belonged to a human began with the letter U followed by 3 to 6 random characters and numbers.
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 4:22 PM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Michael Brennan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
