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On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 04:38:00PM -0500, Chris Wolf wrote: > My understanding of workplace rules (even at the University) ... My personal views/understanding is that there are reasonable ways to resolve the SAU/workplace rules dichotomy. For example, within my area, I run many servers, and my staff have their own accounts on most of these servers, and sometimes have files under their account space. However, by mutual agreement, each member of my staff has their own private space, which includes their personal AFS space, their personal e-mail account(s), and (for the most part) the contents of their assigned workstation. All other space, e.g. shared mailboxes and space on servers other than the mail server, is declared to be departmental workspace, and thus outside the personal privacy protections / issues. And if there's ever a case where a question arises about whether some personal files are stored in "departmental" space, I would ask first, before perusing the files in question. I don't consider this as much a policy, but rather an understanding of the workplace environment. I do agree, though, that the current SAU can use updating, and I applaud the efforts of the NCC subcommittee that is working on their recommendations for NCC and VP Gift. Doug -- Doug Nelson, Network Manager | [log in to unmask] Academic Computing and Network Services | Ph: (517) 353-2980 Michigan State University | http://www.msu.edu/~nelson/