[Info-vax] Reading SYSUAF with DCL problem

[DaveFroble]

fredthebare at gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 5:12:10 PM UTC+10, Volker Halle wrote:
>> From SYS$LIBRARY:LIB.REQ:
>>
>> !*** MODULE $UAFDEF ***
>> ! ++
>> !  User authorization file format
>> !  Note: With the exception of the username and account name,
>> !  all strings are blank padded counted strings. Username and
>> !  account name are uncounted, blank padded.
>> ! --
>>
>> So the first byte in the UAF$T_OWNER field is the string size. The owner string itself begins at the 2nd Byte.
>>
>> $ owner=f$extr(85,31,rec)    ! obtain string portion from counted string 
>>
>> Volker.
> 
> Thanks!  I wonder why some UAF$T_OWNER starting at 84 are the correct ASCII character for the "real" owner name?

Have you actually looked at the value of that byte?  Perhaps it's a non-printing 
character which you just don't see.

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