local access rights to *nix boxes

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Thu May 19 12:41:59 EDT 2005


On Thursday 19 May 2005 12:00 pm, Matthew Valites wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Out of curiosity, I wanted to see what access restrictions (if any)
> you're given on your linux or unix desktops at work.  Do you get full
> access including root password with development done on a separate
> machine?  Or do you have limited access to your desktop via something
> like sudo and do development right on it?  Have you had different access
> in the past?  If you have a laptop, is the access any different.  I know
> there's both sysadmins and developers on this list, so where you happy
> with the restrictions you had/set?  What can you do and what can't you
> do that you'd like to be able to?  This should be an interesting
> thread...
I get full access including root access on my Linux box as well as those in 
the lab that are assigned to me. I do not get root access to some of the 
servers or some of the shared systems.

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