Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:26:03 -0500

Kay-Uwe Kasemir wrote:
> 
> At 12:16 PM 4/11/2002, Andrew Johnson wrote:
> >I use that here at APS to output the long DOE "you must be
> >authorized to use this machine" message before prompting for the username
> >and password.
> 
> A documented alternative to that might be:
> 
> loginStringSet("login (you must be authorized to use this machine): ")

.. which is fine if your message is short, but doesn't work if it's more
than a line or so (I forget the limit, but it's too small for DoE).  I
omitted this definition from my example (yuck):

static const char* doe_msg = "\t\t\tNOTICE TO USERS\n\n"
    "This is a Federal computer system and is the property of the
United\n"
    "States Government.  It is for authorized use only.  Users
(authorized\n"
    "or unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectation of
privacy.\n"
    "Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be\n"
    "intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and\n"
    "disclosed to authorized site, Department of Energy, and law
enforcement\n"
    "personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both\n"
    "domestic and foreign.  By using this system, the user consents to
such\n"
    "interception, monitoring, recording, copying, auditing, inspection,
and\n"
    "disclosure at the discretion of authorized site or Department of
Energy\n"
    "personnel.  Unauthorized or improper use of this system may result
in\n"
    "administrative disciplinary action and civil and criminal penalties. 
By\n"
    "continuing to use this system you indicate your awareness of and
consent\n"
    "to these terms and conditions of use.  LOG OFF IMMEDIATELY if you
do\n"
    "not agree to the conditions stated in this warning.";

- Andrew
-- 
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System