Why don't you install the updates within a logout script, rather than the
login script?
That way the user won't have to wait while the updates are being installed,
and you don't have to worry about removing the shutdown command.
Just my .02
Brandon Nelson
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Von: Martin Mewes [mailto:mm (at) mewes (dot) tv [email concealed]]
Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Oktober 2004 22:47
An: focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Betreff: Re: Remove "Shutdown" command from w2k PCs but enable restart
Hi,
Am Freitag, 29. Oktober 2004 16:18 schrieb "Lett, Craig"
<Craig.Lett (at) usfc (dot) com [email concealed]>:
> Your probably going to see them just use the power button if you
> did that anyways. And if they were missing a shutdown button, the
> mentality of an end user, would probably be to call you or the
> helpdesk trying to report a virus or at least wondering where it
> went. Why don't you push the updates out when they login in the
> morning. That's when most of the places I have seen do updates,
> asset management, etc... The user logs on and goes for their
> morning coffee. Or you could just send a memo saying to leave
> their PC's on when they go home at night. ;)
Exactly. This is the way it supposed to be.
Little fixes go during the login process and bigger ones we do over
night/over weekend after writing an eMail to the users.
We kindly ask to leave their machines powered on or restart them and
if possible to switch on those machines from colleagues who are on
vaccation or for some other reason not available.
This works just fine :-)
bis dahin - kind regards
Martin Mewes
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Why don't you install the updates within a logout script, rather than the
login script?
That way the user won't have to wait while the updates are being installed,
and you don't have to worry about removing the shutdown command.
Just my .02
Brandon Nelson
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Martin Mewes [mailto:mm (at) mewes (dot) tv [email concealed]]
Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Oktober 2004 22:47
An: focus-ms (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Betreff: Re: Remove "Shutdown" command from w2k PCs but enable restart
Hi,
Am Freitag, 29. Oktober 2004 16:18 schrieb "Lett, Craig"
<Craig.Lett (at) usfc (dot) com [email concealed]>:
> Your probably going to see them just use the power button if you
> did that anyways. And if they were missing a shutdown button, the
> mentality of an end user, would probably be to call you or the
> helpdesk trying to report a virus or at least wondering where it
> went. Why don't you push the updates out when they login in the
> morning. That's when most of the places I have seen do updates,
> asset management, etc... The user logs on and goes for their
> morning coffee. Or you could just send a memo saying to leave
> their PC's on when they go home at night. ;)
Exactly. This is the way it supposed to be.
Little fixes go during the login process and bigger ones we do over
night/over weekend after writing an eMail to the users.
We kindly ask to leave their machines powered on or restart them and
if possible to switch on those machines from colleagues who are on
vaccation or for some other reason not available.
This works just fine :-)
bis dahin - kind regards
Martin Mewes
--
######################################################################
http://www.webmin.com/ http://webmin.mamemu.de/
Webbased Administration Tool for Unixoid Systems :-)
Member of the Webmin Translation Team
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