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- From: ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Feet...!? You had FEET?)
- Subject: Re: Finding a users disk name
- Message-ID: <7OCT199213391031@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu>
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- References: <1992Oct7.031040.5662@gw.wmich.edu> <1992Oct7.084705.1063@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:39:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct7.084705.1063@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>, EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA writes...
- >The only place the user's default device and directory is stored is in
- >SYSUAF.DAT. Any method you choose for determining the device must have read
- >access to this file. This doesn't require "operator privileges" - READALL,
- >SYSPRV, or BYPASS will suffice, or you can install the image you use to get the
- >default with privilege so that the end user doesn't need them.
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- Actually I'm reasonably sure any user can get the information (for
- themselves) by calling $getuai. And I think what this guy was asking
- for is as simple as translating the logical name SYS$LOGIN. Not really
- much of an internals question.
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- Tom O'Toole - ecf_stbo@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu - JHUVMS system programmer
- Homewood Computing Facilities, Johns Hopkins University, Balto. Md. 21218
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