> ... > The use of DIRMAINT induces a restriction on special characters that > can appear in a user identification. Only those characters allowed > in a CMS file name (A through Z, 0 through 9, @, #, $) are permitted. That's not specific to DIRMAINT 4.0, but is valid for current versions of DIRMAINT too. It originates in the fact that to create, review or maintain user directory entries, DIRMAINT uses CMS files with the userid as the file name and "DIRECT" as file type. So if we managed to live with it up to now, DIRMAINT 4.0 will not worsen the situation. Sincerely Rainer PS: "-" and "_" are also valid in a CMS file name, so they will most probably be allowed in userids, even if the manual does not mention them. Sometimes even IBM's software is more clever than the manuals assume )-; .----------------------------------------------------------------------. | Rainer M. Woitok | Phone : (+49 9131) 85-7811,-7031 | | Regionales Rechenzentrum | Fax : (+49 9131) 30 29 41 | | Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet | e-Mail : [log in to unmask] | | D-8520 Erlangen | | | West Germany | | '----------------------------------------------------------------------'