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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00614000000000000000>4.1.4 Setting the rules</A></H2>
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The best way to run a system is not with an iron fist. That may be how
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you run the military, but UNIX was not designed for such discipline.
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It makes sense to lay down a simple and flexible set of guidelines for
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users---but remember, the fewer rules you have, the less chance there is
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of breaking them. Even if your rules for using the system are perfectly
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reasonable and clear, users will always at times break these rules without
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intending to. This is especially true in the case of new UNIX users, who
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are just learning the ropes of the system. It's not patently obvious,
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for example, that you shouldn't download a gigabyte of files and mail them
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to everyone on the system. Users need help understanding the rules, and
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why they are there.
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If you do specify usage guidelines for your
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system, make sure that the reason behind a particular guideline is
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made clear. If you don't, then users will find all sorts of creative
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ways to get around the rule, and not know that they are in fact
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breaking it.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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