On 2008-07-21, houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> wrote:

>>>> Tell your users they can have telnet, if the Security Officer issues an
>>>> individual written permission for it. They usually don't put their asses on
>>>> the line.
>>>
>>> All depends on what 'users' they are. Are they users as in customers or
>>> 'users' as in the CEO of the company where you work.
>>
>> They are all users. The status of CEO may have it's importance in other
>> fields. But a user is a user. And CEO's are often stereotypical ones. Those
>> I deal with give their password to their secretairies, for $DEITY's sake.
>
> I am aware that they are all users. There is however a difference in the
> reason as to why you can not cut them off telnet.

Nah. Only middle managment tries to invoke priviledges. So I tell them I
refused it to the CEO, too. Works every time. :-)

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