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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

2121.0. "Cannot blank VMS account name details." by KERNEL::SALMONJ (Jason Salmon) Tue Jan 19 1993 14:43

Hello,

I have a customer who is trying to set up an ALL-IN-1 account that can be 
accessed by several VMS accounts.

He is following the instructions in the managers guide :

1. Enter C at the MUA menu
2. Do CU
3. Completes the create Account Form
4. After the account has been created he edits the account and deletes the VMS 
   account name.

BUT when he presses return he gets the message back :

	 Field may not be left blank - re-enter

I do the same here with the same result.

Is there something else that needs to be done to make this work ?

Thanks.

Jason.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2121.1	I think we've done this one before	SCOTTC::MARSHALL	Spitfire Drivers Do It Topless	`Tue Jan 19 1993 15:07`	8
	I think this is a "known problem" that has been discussed elsewhere in this conference. There are several possible workarounds. You could customise the form to add a /OPTIONAL qualifier to the field, for example. Directly using WRITE CHANGE PROFIL USER="bloggs",VMSUSR="" would work, etc. Scott
2121.2	How to leave the field empty ...	BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL	Martin Bell, TCC, Birmingham UK	`Tue Jan 19 1993 15:08`	10
	Jason, if you want to "get around" this validation, when you are on the VMS account name field, type GOLD KP7 followed by OA$VAL_SET_VALID which will convince ALL-IN-1 that you have filled the form in correctly. It may b*gger something else up along the way however, 'cos ALL-IN-1 does make a big use of ACLs and the like these days! mb
2121.3	Don't	IOSG::TALLETT	Gimmee an Alpha colour notebook...	`Wed Jan 20 1993 10:11`	9
	>I have a customer who is trying to set up an ALL-IN-1 account that can be >accessed by several VMS accounts. We don't recommend this, which is why the validation disallows it. Why not have an ALL-IN-1 account for each user or a guest account for them all to use? Regards, Paul
2121.4	Don't believe everything you read...	SCOTTC::MARSHALL	Spitfire Drivers Do It Topless	`Wed Jan 20 1993 11:46`	9
	re .3 >> we don't recommend this I was going to say that, but according to .0, the management guide tells you how to do it, so obviously we are recommending it! If we aren't supposed to be recommending it, then we should get the books fixed... SPR time, methinks. Scott