Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 16:47:22 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Evan Brastow <ebrastow@automatedemblem.com> Cc: "'Damien Tougas'" <dtougas@converging.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I HATE WINDOWS NT... Message-ID: <37C8750A.72978A13@3-cities.com> References: <500E74157A46D211A87F006097295AFB090203@mail.automatedemblem.com>
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Evan Brastow wrote: > > kstewart@3-cities.com <mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com> wrote: > > >> Where I come from, that would be called spying and that is a federal > offense :).<< > > I'm curious about this. Since when did a company not have the right to do > anything it pleases with its own equipment, such as view employee files > stored on its computers? Any time the operator has no need to know. Kent > > We enforce a policy here that states that users do not own the computers > they use at work. Where I come from, this is common sense. They also, > therefore, cannot expect any privacy if they put something they consider > confidential on our hard drives. > > Thanks, > > Evan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Damien Tougas [mailto:dtougas@converging.net] > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 1:06 PM > To: kstewart@3-cities.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: I HATE WINDOWS NT... > > > > Sorry, I know that this might not be the best place for > this, > > > but I need to vent to someone who might understand. The > more > > > I use windows the more it makes me mad. > > > > > > What have I been bitten by today you might ask? Why is > it the > > > 'administrator' cannot have access to user files without > explicitly > > > giving himself access rights? This is creating an > administration > > > nightmare for me. If only I had adequate command line > tools, I > > > could write a script that could take care of the > problem. Of course > > > I could buy a command line app for about $300, but to > me, that tool > > > should be included by default with a server OS. > > > > Where I come from, that would be called spying and that is > a federal > > offense :). > > The situation is this: > I have a new hard drive that was previously used for user > files. It has > filled up. I purchased a new drive that is much larger, and > want to > now use this as my user file space. The system will not let > me move > or copy files unless I am owner and have explicit read/write > access. This > is just general system administration duties, not spying. > > > Have you tried giving yourself backup operator > priviledges. You can > > manage the files but not look at them. > > Does not work. I bascially know how to acheive my goals, > the reason > for this post was to express my frustration when it comes to > getting > complex tasks done with a GUI, and very limited command line > tools. > It is just my way of showing a growing appreciation for my > FreeBSD > endeavours. > > I appreciate your input none the less. > > Damien Tougas. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the > message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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