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Sysgroup, in general, has the right to do whatever is necessary to carry
out its responsibility to keep the computing resources operating and
available.
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The networked computer environment provided by Sysgroup is provided
to faculty, staff, and students to enable them to accomplish certain
tasks required by their roles within the CS department. There is an
acknowledged trade-off between the absolute right of privacy of a user,
and the need of Sysgroup to gather necessary information to ensure the
continued functioning of these resources.
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Sysgroup has an obligation to maintain the privacy of a user's files,
electronic mail, and printer listings to the best of its ability.
In cases where a user's privacy must be violated, as specified in
the next two items, Sysgroup is responsible for keeping records of
the violation and the reasons for such violations.
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In the normal course of systems administration, Sysgroup may have to
examine files, electronic mail, and printer listings (on-line or
from backups) to gather sufficient information to diagnose and correct
problems with systems software, or, with reasonable cause for suspicion,
to determine if a user is acting in violation of the policies set forth
in this document.
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With reasonable cause for suspicion, Sysgroup has the right to monitor
any and all aspects of a system, including individual login sessions, to
determine if a user is acting in violation of the policies set forth
in this document.
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In order to maintain availability of System resources (cpu, disk,
memory, etc.) for all users, Sysgroup has the right to do the
following, with or without prior notification:
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Alter the priority or terminate the execution of any process
that is consuming excessive system resources or objectionably
degrading system response.
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Remove or compress disk files which are not related to the CS
Department missions and which are consuming large amounts of
disk space.
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Terminate login sessions that have been idle for long periods of
time. This applies particularly to
limited resources such as dial-in connections. The definition
of "long period" of time may vary from system to system,
depending on the resource's availability.
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Sysgroup has the responsibility to provide advance notice of
system shutdown, maintenance, upgrades or changes so that users may
plan around periods of system unavailability. However, in the event
of an emergency, Sysgroup has the right to shut down a system with
little or no advance notification. Every effort will be made to give
users a chance to save their work before the system is taken out of
service.
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Sysgroup has the responsibility to report any violations of
University policy, state law, or federal law pertaining to the use of
University computer facilities to the appropriate authorities.
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Sysgroup has the right to refuse access to any person who has
violated the policies set forth in this document, or who has violated
the policies of other computer facilities belonging to the University.
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