SYSADMIN POLICY SURVEY

[Policy Admin]

The text below explains what this is about. We would like as many responses
as possible to give the broadest sample possible, so even if this subject
isn't of overwhelming interest to you right now, we'd still like you to
consider taking the time to respond.

If there is general interest expressed on the net, we will summarize the
results of this survey in a posting to the appropriate admin groups.

Thanks,

Bud Hovell
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policy at mtek.com

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$Id: Survey,v 5.1.1.2 91/04/11 16:40:47 policy USENET $
Copyright (c) 1991 by Bergen B. Hovell, Jr. All Rights Reserved.

============================ 'POLICY' SURVEY ==============================
PURPOSE
This survey asks system administrators (including news administrators) for
brief feedback about local "policy" in their multi-user computing environ-
ments, un*x or other.

For this research, 'policy' is defined as all formal or informal rules of
use of - or access to - such computing resources. 

PRIVACY OF INFORMATION PROVIDED
Your name and/or email address will *NOT* be released to - nor your indiv-
idual responses be shared with - any person, agency, or organization which
is not directly engaged in performing this research. You will not be solic-
ited by anyone nor be otherwise annoyed as a result of your decision to
respond or not respond.

INSTRUCTIONS
Those persons ONLY should respond who have some current responsibility for
system administration, or who supervise others who do. Such duty need not
be one's sole (or even primary) duty.

Under EACH header below, select your choice by *DELETING* all others under
that header (and the header itself, if you like), then proceed on to the
next header.

You should be able to work these in order from top to bottom, deleting as
you go.

(It shouldn't matter if your mailer inserts ">" or other left-margin-marks
when you reply - you send it, we'll parse it :-).

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You can immediately delete everything above this line, if you like.

(Basic Info)

MY JOB LOCATION IS IN:
|AA| Africa
|AB| Australia
|AC| Canada
|AD| Europe, except Soviet Union
|AE| Far East, except Japan and Soviet Union
|AF| Indian Subcontinent
|AG| Japan
|AH| Mexico and Central America
|AI| South America
|AJ| Soviet Union
|AK| United States
|AZ| Other

MY LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS PRIMARILY:
|BA| Commercial - Hardware or software manufacture
|BB| Commercial - Hardware or software sales or service
|BC| Commercial - Other manufacture
|BD| Commercial - Other sales or service
|BE| Educational (university or other)
|BF| Governmental, except military
|BG| Health-care
|BH| Military
|BI| Religious or fraternal
|BJ| Research, except educational
|BZ| Other

MULTI-USER FACILITIES OF SOME KIND HAVE BEEN LOCALLY AVAILABLE:
|CA| Fewer than six months
|CB| More than six months
|CC| More than  1 year
|CD| More than  2 years
|CE| More than  3 years
|CF| More than  4 years
|CG| More than  5 years
|CH| More than 10 years

I HAVE TOTAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE OF:
|DA| Fewer than six months
|DB| More than six months
|DC| More than  1 year
|DD| More than  2 years
|DE| More than  3 years
|DF| More than  4 years
|DG| More than  5 years
|DH| More than 10 years

I HAVE TOTAL EXPERIENCE AS A USER (INCLUDING SYSADMIN) OF:
|EA| Fewer than six months
|EB| More than six months
|EC| More than  1 year
|ED| More than  2 years
|EE| More than  3 years
|EF| More than  4 years
|EG| More than  5 years
|EH| More than 10 years

TOTAL USERS ON ALL HOSTS I CURRENTLY ADMINISTER:
|FA| 1-5 users
|FB| 6-25 users
|FC| 26-50 users
|FD| 51-100 users
|FE| 101-500 users
|FF| More than 500 users
|FG| More than 1000 users

MY PRIMARY ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES ARE ON HOSTS WHICH ARE:
|GA| Unix (any flavor)
|GB| VMS
|GZ| Other multi-user

(Historical Practice)

HISTORICALLY, OUR POLICIES (WRITTEN OR NOT) HAVE INCLUDED:
|HA| General guidelines
|HB| Specific "Dos & Don'ts"
|HC| Both of the above
|HD| Neither of the above
|HE| Don't know
|HZ| New site - no historical practice

HISTORICALLY, ACTUAL POLICY HAS BEEN *MAINLY* DEFINED BY:
|IA| Informal day-to-day user practices
|IB| User-committee decisions (or similar formal means)
|IC| Directions of user's immediate supervisor
|ID| Sysadmin or system manager decisions
|IE| Upper management decisions
|IF| Don't know
|IZ| New site - no historical practice

HISTORICALLY, ACTUAL POLICY-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY CAME FROM:
|JA| No one - each user did what he needed to do
|JB| Users only, through active peer pressure
|JC| User-committee decisions (or similar formal means)
|JD| User's immediate supervisor or manager
|JE| Sysadmin or system manager
|JF| Upper management
|JG| Don't know
|JZ| New site - no historical practice

HISTORICALLY, POLICY INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO USERS BY:
|KA| Verbal info, primarily from other users
|KB| Verbal info from manager, supervisor, or sysadmin
|KC| On-paper written info from manager, supervisor, or sysadmin
|KD| On-line interactive facilities to display written policies
|KE| Don't know
|KZ| New site - no historical practice

(Current Interest)

I RECENTLY KNOW OF USERS TO RAISE POLICY QUESTIONS:
|LA| Virtually never
|LB| Probably about once a year
|LC| Probably about once a month
|LD| Probably about once a week
|LE| More frequently

I RECENTLY KNOW OF MANAGERS TO RAISE POLICY QUESTIONS:
|MA| Virtually never
|MB| Probably about once a year
|MC| Probably about once a month
|MD| Probably about once a week
|ME| More frequently

(Future Expectations)

FUTURE POLICIES (WRITTEN OR NOT) WILL INCLUDE:
|NA| General guidelines
|NB| Specific "Dos & Don'ts"
|NC| Both of the above
|ND| Neither of the above
|NE| Don't know

FUTURE ACTUAL POLICY WILL BE *MAINLY* DEFINED BY:
|OA| Informal day-to-day user practices
|OB| User-committee decisions (or similar formal means)
|OC| Directions of user's immediate supervisor
|OD| Sysadmin or system manager decisions
|OE| Upper management decisions
|OF| Don't know

FUTURE ACTUAL POLICY-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY WILL COME FROM:
|PA| No one - each user will do what he needs to do
|PB| Users only, through active peer pressure
|PC| User-committee decisions (or similar formal means)
|PD| User's immediate supervisor or manager
|PE| Sysadmin or system manager
|PF| Upper management
|PG| Don't know

FUTURE POLICY INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO USERS BY:
|QA| Verbal info, primarily from other users
|QB| Verbal info from manager, supervisor, or sysadmin
|QC| On-paper written info from manager, supervisor, or sysadmin
|QD| On-line interactive facilities to display written policies
|QE| Don't know

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|Z1| Usenet Survey

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