Paul Gilmartin writes: >It's not a matter of security; rather that many IT departments nowadays >have a standard of 8-character userids. IBM is a tail that can no longer >wag that dog; the CIO can cite refusal to comply with corporate standards >as one more strike against z/OS in a purchase decision.
You're referring to TSO/E only, which has a 7 character user ID limitation. Yes, if you're shopping for TSO/E, maybe that's a strike against TSO/E. Also (consequently?) if you're shopping for a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor military fighter aircraft. Its design support and parts database is limited to 7 character user IDs, too: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/aeronautics/materialmanagement/scm-engineering/scm-emap.html Fact: Every z/OS licensee receives Tivoli Directory Server for z/OS with LDAP. There's no such limit there, and, like TSO/E, it's part of base z/OS. If you want N-character user IDs (N>7), go for it. Enjoy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
