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From: sanjour@cvl.umd.edu (Joe Sanjour)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: News and Motss
Message-ID: <2084@cvl.umd.edu>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 18:42:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 18:42:29 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Mar-87 04:36:31 EST
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Organization: Center for Automation Research, Univ. of Md.
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In article <494@sw1e.UUCP> uusgta@sw1e.UUCP (uusgta) writes:
>
>Why do administrators have (or believe they do) a Right to read any file
>on a disk? Is this security?

Yes. If I suspect someone is trying to break the security on my machines
I am going to look in to what he/she is doing.

>Is this space management?

Yes. Many places want to prevent games, excessive personal files or just
three copies of the same four meg file. If disk space is tight, admins.
have to play cop.

>Does a building administrator have a right to go through my briefcase
>because it rests on *his* floor?

You bet. In places that are zealously security minded (The U.S. Congess,
courthouses, etc.) they do exactly that.

All users of a system should realize that the system admins. can and
occasionaly need to read personel files. A good example of a benevolent
use of this ability is if a file needs to be reattached. Then the only
way to figure out whose it is and where is goes it to look at it's contents.

>-- 
>#			---Tom Adams---
># {bellcore,ihnp4}!sw1e!uusgta	St. Louis MO	314-235-4237
># Opinions expressed here are mine, not those of Southwestern Bell Telephone


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