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From: CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET (Kevin Cole; Gallaudet U.; Washington; DC)
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Subject: RE: How can I convert a process's Username on the fly?
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Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 16:35:50 EDT
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To whomever asked  (sorry I forgot):

  Do these folks need seperate and distinct directories (as opposed to sub-
directories all under the same owner)?
  I'm certainly no VAX wizard, but the way my own account is set up offers a
possible solution.  The computer center here set up one directory/UIC for the
entire department. But when we login, we all use different usernames.  The
system then dumps us into our own little sub-directory and runs our own
LOGIN.COM.  For all intents and purposes, we are seperate entities, but we
cannot protect files from one another.  We each have a MAIL.MAI file and can
send messages to one another just like normal users...
  I don't know how it's done, but I suspect it of being nothing out of the
ordinary.  Am I missing something?  Are there pitfalls here?  Or doesn't it
apply in your situation?

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Kevin Cole                                    KJCOLE@GALLUA.BITNET
Center for Assessment and Demographic Studies  (CADS)   CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET
Gallaudet Research Institute  (GRI)
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.  20002
(202) 651-5575