[THIN] Re: Auto locking workstations (thin or fat), survey
- From: "Joe Shonk" <JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:14:05 -0800
Ah, but there is a way. The Administrator only needs to track down the =
user who is logged in.
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:05 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Auto locking workstations (thin or fat), survey
As far as I know, the only way to automatically lock a Windows NT, 2000, =
or
XP workstation after XX amount of idle time is by utilizing the screen
saver. The problem this now institues is that the administrator has no =
way
to override the screensaver password if he should need access to the
computer, except for a reboot of the system. This could mean lost data.
What I'd like to find out is:
1) Do admins think the auto locking via screensaver and the 2 problems =
that
it cause are really problems at all (administrator can't get into system
without rebooting and the subsequent potential data loss to users file)
2) If there was something that would automatically send a ctrl-alt-del +
enter to the lock the workstation, would you invest in it if it had a
minimal cost associated? Realizing, that if you ctrl-alt-del lock a
workstation, you could get in as an Administrator w/o a reboot but the =
user
would still loose data, however, if you had all your users password (for =
one
reason or another) you could get in without data loss.
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