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- From: Arne Vajhxj <ARNE@ko.hhs.dk>
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals
- Subject: Re: Finding a users disk name
- Message-ID: <01GPPV0G0KQQ8WW0A8@kopc.hhs.dk>
- Date: 08 Oct 1992 20:00:41 +0100
- Organization: Macro32<==>Vmsnet.Internals Gateway
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- > Hello, I'm helping a friend of mine write a program that kinda simulates
- > a unix-type operating system. What we are having trouble with is the
- > cd ~user command. We don't know how to get the person's disk area name
- > from their username. We'd like to be able to do cd ~user and have the
- > program give us back disk$xxx:[user]. Is there an easy way to do this,
- > and a way to do it without having operator privileges. Oh, we are using
- > VMS version 5.5
-
- You can retrieve this information from SYSUAF with $GETUAI, if you have
- privilige to (SYSPRV needed to do it for any user).
-
- > Please e-mail replies,
-
- And where do you think we should send this e-mail, when you do not supply
- an e-mail address ?
-
- PS: I am not sure this is the rigth forum for that question (no MACRO or
- internals stuff involved), but maybe I am just a little tired rigth now.
-
- Arne
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- Arne Vajhxj local DECNET: KO::ARNE
- Computer Department PSI: PSI%23831001304030::ARNE
- Business School of Southern Denmark Internet: ARNE@KO.HHS.DK
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