Re: Don't Display Last Username??

[Matthew Keller <kellermg () POTSDAM EDU>]

We do this for the simple reason of reducing user confusion when sitting
down at a [public] computer and having to backspace-out the existing
username, or trying 3 times with THEIR password and inadvertently
locking out the other person's account.

On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 13:24 -0500, Gibson, Nathan J. (HSC) wrote:
> Can I ask how many organization prohibit displaying the username of
> the last user on a computer at the login screen?
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> What are your specific justifications for this?


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Matthew Keller
Information Security Officer & Network Administrator
Computing & Technology Services
State University of New York @ Potsdam
Potsdam, NY, USA
http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/