What should I do about this user?

Posted by Tim Brigham on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Tim Brigham
Published on 2011-10-21T17:18:48Z Indexed on 2012/09/09 21:39 UTC
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What should I do about this user? The user is:

Downloading pornography
Attempting unauthorized access
Running hacking software
Sending unsolicited email
Installing software / tampering with the system
etc

This is intended as a generic answer for employee behavioral problems, a la Can you help me with my software licensing question?

I could see where acceptable use issues are a touch out of scope for SF, however it is one of those things most sysadmins will run into. I don't want to keep rewriting similar answers.

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