[THIN] Re: OT: adding disclaimer to logon screen
- From: "Rick Mack" <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:06:47 +1000
Hi Joanne,
You can script populating the legaltext value so that the text is formatted
(numbered paragraphs, returns and formatting).
The kix script we use on smaller sites is:
; legaltext.kix - modify legal notice on login for all listed servers
$file="legalnotice.txt"
$regloc="\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"
$delimiter=","
$servers="comma, delimted, server, list"
; first generate the $legaltext string from the legalnotice.txt file
$legaltext=""
if open(3,$file) = 0
$string=readline(3)
$legaltext=$string+chr(13)+chr(10)
while @error=0
$string=readline(3)
$legaltext=$legaltext+$string+chr(13)+chr(10)
loop
else
BEEP
? "$file not found"
endif
; now patch the servers
$serverlist=split($servers,$delimiter)
for each $server in $serverlist
gosub patch_server
next
goto end
:patch_server
$srvregloc="\\$server"+$regloc
; and write the value to the registry
writevalue($srvregloc,"LegalNoticeText",$legaltext,"REG_Sz")
return
:end
close(3)
This lets you format up the legal notice the way you want it to look in
notepad, and then push it out to your servers. It does the legal text only, but
could easily be modified to do the lega caption aas well, which means you
wouldn't need to use group policy at all.
There's also an extra legal notice option available that's fairly poorly
documented. This shows up as text inserted into the username/password screen,
and is defined under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LogonPrompt. The following unmanaged policy template
will handle it:
CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "Terminal Server Settings"
CATEGORY "Additional Legal Notices"
POLICY "Set additional Logon screen information"
KEYNAME Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
PART "Logon Prompt" EDITTEXT REQUIRED
VALUENAME "LogonPrompt"
END PART
END POLICY ; Logon prompt
END CATEGORY ; Legal Notices
regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Volante Systems
________________________________
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Joanne Determann
Sent: Wed 15/02/2006 3:15
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: adding disclaimer to logon screen
Kind People ,
What is the best way to add a statement about our computer use policy to the
Windows logon screen?
AD, windows 2003 server. Thanks, JD
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