[Info-vax] Possible bug in OpenVMS 8.3

[Michael Moroney]

John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:

>The correct solution depends on whether VMS usernames are case-blind
>or case-preserving (if those are the correct terms.)  By case-blind,
>I mean VMS doesn't care what case you use to specify a username, it
>always works.

There are provisions for case-sensitive usernames, esp. for use with
alternate (other than SYSUAF) authorization methods.  One noticeable
change was what happened at the Username: prompt, starting at somewhere
around V7.0 a username entered in lowercase wasn't echoed in uppercase,
but as it was entered.  (this bugged me a little for a while)