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On Sunday 15 November 2009 07:15:43 Stroller wrote: |
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> On 14 Nov 2009, at 20:46, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> >> ... |
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> >> You are right of course, but in this particular case the guy who pays |
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> >> wants to have root access. |
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> > And you agreed to work like that? |
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> > So when he fucks things up good royal and proper, will he gladly |
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> > accept his |
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> > shafting and pay you more to undo it? Or will he do the usual |
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> > customer stunt |
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> > and blame you? |
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> My typical experience is that the customer will take it completely on |
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> the chin and pay me to fix the problems. That doesn't make foul-ups |
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> due to such unnecessary meddling any less frustrating, though. |
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My experience has been completely the opposite, same with just about everyone |
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else I work with. But, this is a third-world country pretending to be a first- |
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world country, and the cowboy attitude is very prevalent here. |
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> One has to hope, really, that the client only wants the root password |
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> as insurance in case you get run over by a bus, and won't use it to |
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> arbitrarily mess about on the system. |
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I find the root password in a sealed envelope in the safe is the ideal |
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insurance for that. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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