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Thank you, this is right out of "Mr. Boffo." Really improved a less than optimal day. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric [mailto:Eric@tsoft.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 11:06 AM > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' > Subject: Security <was RE: Fw: Rewarding challenge AS/400...> > > > Being that many users do not know that they should not > be signing on as > other people, one option would be to present a screen to > users every so > often. State that payroll wants the correct spelling of > their name and > what department that they are working in. You could also > specify that the > name that they fill is not their USER ID. This tends to weed > out some of > the culprits. > Nothing is full proof though. At a company that I > worked at once, I > turned on password expiration in hopes of keeping people from > using each > other's passwords. I thought I had it all worked out until > one day while I > was in the sales department I heard someone yell, "It's time > for me to > change my password. Who has the book?". I asked the person > what book they > were looking for. She said that whenever an employee changes their > password, their supervisor makes them write their name and > new password in > a book for employee reference. They keep by the printer so > everyone can > access it. > > Eric Kempter > > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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