From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yuri Csapo Subject: Re: Warning Banner Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:23:06 -0700 Message-ID: <438DDFFA.6060208@mines.edu> References: <2d7eccf50511300850md39fba6ic826a388fa648583@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2d7eccf50511300850md39fba6ic826a388fa648583@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Thornton Prime Cc: Linux Mail List Thornton Prime wrote: > Personally, I see little utility in these warnings. My reading of the > law surrounding computer system access suggests that there is no legal > weight in these warnings, and that the system owner (company or > government entity) has the right to monitor or prosecute without such > warnings. At my last job, one of the lawyers agreed, saying that the > real weight is in a statement in an employee handbook -- clicking an > "OK" button on screen does not constitute a contract. > > IINAL, but these banners or warnings are apparently a nuisance at best. From a legal standpoint, of course I agree. On the other hand from my administrative point of view I find them very useful. I use these things for everything from helpful hints for users to warnings about recent updates to the system. I admin a few hundreds of Linux clients in public labs in a university setting, I realize not everybody will have this need. -- Yuri Csapo Academic Computing & Networking Colorado School of Mines Green Center Rm 249 Phone: (303) 273-3503 Fax: (303) 273-3475 Email: ycsapo@mines.edu Please use the following link to open a service request: http://helpdesk.mines.edu =========================================== With a PC, I always felt limited by the software available. On Unix, I am limited only by my knowledge. --Peter J. Schoenster