Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 02:56:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List maintanence question. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9910010238380.4752-100000@jason.argos.org> In-Reply-To: <199910010354.UAA29555@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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> Well, cut the guy some slack. In some worlds, users don't control > their desktop. They are required to use the "officially sanctioned" > tools, and things like Microsoft SMS are used to inforce the rule. > Installation of unapproved software is grounds for termination. Of course, this policy can run both ways -- as "the IS Boss", I get to make these rules..... Nobody can install anything on the (rare) non-UNIXish boxes that I don't "officially sanction", which is almost always limited to 95-OSR2, Office 97, and a Win32 X server to connect to the "useful" machines. :) As for the UNIXish machines, the users can put pretty much whatever they want on them, with the understanding that if it doesn't work, I'll get to it when I have time. (They do NOT have root access, so they're limited to their home directories.) My boss (non-geek-type) keeps talking about putting a bunch of NT machines in here -- I'm constantly telling her that "FreeBSD, DEC UNIX, and Samba give you all the functionality you need. Putting NT in here is a dumb idea -- if you tell me to make it happen, I won't be able to ensure that it (the network) keeps working..." --mike (I do have an NT box that she doesn't know about -- just for kicks...) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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