local access rights to *nix boxes

Kevin D. Clark clark_k at pannaway.com
Thu May 19 13:49:59 EDT 2005


Matthew Valites writes:

> Out of curiosity, I wanted to see what access restrictions (if any)
> you're given on your linux or unix desktops at work.  

I write software for a living.  I am not a sysadmin but I end up doing
a bit of that as well.  At all of the companies I've ever worked at
(Fortune 500, startups) I've always had root access for the machines
on my desk and in the labs I work in.

--kevin
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