At least it he wasn't Greg Sextin! though back then that word didn't mean anything...
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 9:00 AM Crawford Robert C (Contractor) < 000004e08f385650-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > My favorite user ID mess was on an old Vax system that used the last name > followed by first initial. Of course this system began each printed report > with a banner page listing the user's ID printed in large, block letters. > One day I went to the printer and noticed a report from user SEXTONG. > While I was puzzling over this an embarrassed Greg Sexton came up and > snatched his report off of the printer. > > Robert Crawford > Abstract Evolutions LLC > (210) 913-3822 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 4:53 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [EXT] Re: Userid schemes > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:22:12 -0400, Phil Smith III 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): > > > It was egregious underreaching when IBM increased the permitted length of > TSO IDs from 7 to 8. They should have gone to something more > characteristic of extant systems, probably several dozen, using > USERIDALIASTABLE if needed to perform the mapping. > < > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=srsci-if-you-have-problems-names-such-as-uucp-uucpg-tty > > > > >Anyone got any other variations? This is purely a curiosity item, no > agenda. > > > I once worked for an organization that used last name, first initial, > middle initial. After searching phone directories, I wondered whether > Cheng K. Fu of San Diego, CA would ever apply for employment there. > > (They were inflexible. A co-worker was required to change her user ID > because of marriage.) > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
