On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Cole Tuininga wrote:
> Privacy issues aside (I'm NOT looking to start that debate *grin*), I
> started delving into how to do it.
>
> At the time we were using the ever popular sendmail. I looked and
> looked, tried and tried, but could not figure out how to get sendmail to
> do that. (Granted, I was, and still am, completely hopeless when it
> comes to sendmail). In my frustration, I turned to the sendmail group
> who (at least at that point) would actually field user usage questions.
It's actually quite easy. You simply define an alias in the aliases file
pointing the user's name to both users. I also disapprove... but your
boss was within his rights. The systems and e-mail sent and received with
them all belong to your employer. I still don't like it.
> My point? (Yeah, I do have one here somewhere) By just making
> judgements rather than helping and offering suggestions to alternatives,
> we run the same risk - distancing ourselves and alienating folks,
> thereby driving them to other camps.
I agree with you to a point, but I think it's important to make sure that
the person making such a request understands the implications of such
actions... disabling password security isn't merely not nice, as was the
case with your experience; it's a REALLY bad idea and could conceivably be
extremely dangerous, especially given that this is the supreme court of
the state of Vermont. Would you want YOUR legal records being
intercepted?
--
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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