[THIN] Re: Long Usernames
- From: Jason Patten <pattenj@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:24:03 -0400
We provide an service to Hotels and the logins (due to a VERY high turnover
rate) are not done by the persons name, but by position. So, we have a
4char code that denotes what management company they are with followed by a
section that names the location, and then 2 or 3 char code for the job
position.
The only place I can really cut down the size is to abbreviate the location
better, and I am working on that
but there are times you can only cut down so far and still have a it be more
than a meaningless jumble of letters.
I am trying to squeeze them below 16 when I can, but was wondering if
anyone knows of a fix beforehand.
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Thurber [mailto:EThurber@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:14 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Long Usernames
In your current environment I don't see a way around this, anything =
above 16 characters is extremely long and easy to forget as it is. If I =
were in this position I would start implementing a policy to keep the =
user name to the first initial and last name (or something similar) with =
an 8 to 10 character limit, it will really help you out down the road.
Eric Thurber
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Patten [mailto:pattenj@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:58 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Long Usernames
I have run across an interesting problem with Terminal server. Due to =
the
nature of our service, the usernames we hand out are often large, =
sometimes
right to the character limit that NT allows. I have noticed however =
that
(and this is starting to occur more frequently) if you have 18 or more
characters in the username, it can cause the Server to have a DR Watson
error in the Termserv.exe. Once this starts happening with a username =
it
occurs EVERY time the user logs on. We have had this happen several =
times
now with different users and it can quickly take out all the servers in =
the
farm. They will log in and the session will drop or disconnect (usually =
due
to a flaky dial-up, the server will dr. Watson locking it up, and the =
user
will log in again, and again till all the servers are down. I have only
seen this happen with logins of 18-20 chars, and re-adjusting the login =
name
down to 16chars or less appears to fix the issue. =20
We are running NT4 SP6 with post SP6 ICA fix and MF 1.8 SP2.
Has anyone run across this before and any ideas on how to keep it from
happening again? Aside from auditing every login for length and changing =
it.
(We have about 1000 users)
(about 150 on at any one time)
Jason
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