local access rights to *nix boxes

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 12:00:42PM -0400, Matthew Valites wrote:
> 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've got root on everything. Oh, wait, there's a reason for
that...

Normal users have no root permissions. They get sudo access for
specific commands on specific boxes when they need it. 

-dsr-