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Re: Securing shared workstations

From:

Augusto Consing <[log in to unmask]>

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Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:17:45 -0500

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Erich,

If your ILLiad implementation is hosted by your university, you could
implement Kaleb's suggestion by making the Windows shortcut point to a
location on the ILLiad server itself. Your generic ILL Windows login has
permissions to access file locations on your ILLiad server (this is
necessary for the ILLiad client and server applications to work), so to
duplicate this you could assign your ILL workers' Windows accounts to the
same Windows user group as your generic account. In this scenario you would
need to make sure that your ILL workers' Windows accounts have full control
(administrative rights) on the C:\Program Files (x86)\ILLiad folder on
their workstations, so that your ILLiad addons will work.

Best,

Gus

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 11:21 AM Sove67 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Elrich,
>
> Can't say I have any wisdom on securing shared workstations, but that might
> not be the path of least resistance here?
>
> If the ONLY issue with seperate accounts is saving in a specified location,
> there are a two ways I can think of to automate that.
>
> The easy: Create a shortcut to the correct saving location inside the
> default saving location. Users will need to double click each time the save
> system kicks them back to the default (which sounds like once-per-session)
>
> The advanced: Create a symlink (
>
> https://www.howtogeek.com/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/
> )
> for each user, between the default prompted save location, and the desired
> save location. This way, any files placed in either place should show up in
> both places. Think of it like knocking down a wall between two storage
> rooms.
>
> Of course, if there are other reasons your library needs this generic
> login, this won't address them.
>
> Best of luck with your setup!
> - Kaleb A (Langara LIT Student)
>
> On Thu., Dec. 14, 2023, 6:36 a.m. Hammer, Erich F, <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > First, I apologize because this is much more of an IT question than a
> > coding question, but I come from an IT/desktop support background with a
> > particular interest in security.
> >
> > How are larger, academic libraries securing your employee-used, shared
> > workstations -- specifically, the circulation desk machines and the
> > back-end, ILL scanning stations?  I have been trying mightily for a few
> > years to eliminate the shared-password generic accounts because they
> > present a real security/privacy concern.  I am running into some real
> > road-blocks though, and I'm wondering if anyone here has found solutions
> > that work.
> >
> > Having viewed the chaotic state of the circulation desk with the constant
> > churn of employees using the stations, I have conceded that it is better
> to
> > use a generic login than to have folks log in/out constantly.
> >
> > The ILL employees who do a lot of scanning don't have the rapid-fire
> > turnover at their workstations, but they (or their manager) is insisting
> on
> > a generic login because the scans need to be saved in a specific, network
> > location and Acrobat has no mechanism to set the default save location
> for
> > all users.  (I hate Adobe!)  When we have tried using personal logins,
> > folks forget, don't notice, or don't know about watching that the PDFs
> are
> > saved in the proper location, and those scans have to be redone by
> someone
> > else or are inaccessible within the particular employee's private user
> > profile until they return to work (which could be days-weeks with student
> > employees).
> >
> > In both cases, users still need to sign into services as themselves (the
> > LSP -- Alma --, scheduling, wiki documentation, ILLiad, etc.), so I'm not
> > really sure what the security advantages are with the generic account
> > (especially for ILL scanning).  I've had to push settings to prevent the
> > browsers (Edge, Chrome and FireFox) from saving passwords.  I also have
> > automated scripts running to regularly blow away the MS Teams
> configuration
> > to prevent users from using it as someone else.  (Teams "helpfully"
> > remembers credentials for one-click login even after logging out of it
> and
> > rebooting.)  I have not been able to find a way to do the same with MS
> > Office, so I have been forced to uninstall it completely.  Otherwise,
> > everyone who uses it while logged onto the computer with the generic
> > account is signed into/owns all the M365 documents as the user who first
> > used it (and had to sign into M365).
> >
> > The lack of Microsoft Office is the particular issue that I'm being
> > pressed on to prompt me to post this.  I should add that I can't use
> device
> > licenses for M365 (where login/registration isn't required) because they
> > only work with Azure Active Directory which we do not have.  What are you
> > all doing?  I've been considering trying to set circ desk systems up as
> > mulit-app, auto-login kiosks so at least we don't need to share the
> generic
> > password, but the other problems still remain.
> >
> > Any feedback is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Erich
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Erich Hammer            Head of Library Systems
> > [log in to unmask]         University Libraries
> > 518-442-3891              University @ Albany
> >
> > "Faith is the unflagging determination to remain ignorant
> > in the face of any and all evidence that you're ignorant."
> >                                 -- Shaun Mason
> >
>

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