[Info-vax] SSH on VAX - performance impact of break in attempts

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

VAXman- wrote:
(snip)

> The 12 character username prohibits the 'administrator' account.

I thought that was changed a long time ago.

I used to have a VMS account in a place that always made accounts
named after someone's last name.  (I suppose unless it was already
taken.)  That was about 1985.  I ended up with only the first
12 characters of my last name, but conveniently it allowed me
to log in typing all 14.  Then, around 1988, VMS changed.

I believe I was asked if I wanted all 14, but I was too used to
the other one by then.

Also, when I first got that account I couldn't access my own
home directory.  Some how the directory name was different than
the name the account was set up for.  (And only nine letters.)
I couldn't even send e-mail to ask them to fix it!  

-- glen