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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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>> I only work under one of two conditions: |
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>> I am root and the customer is not. |
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>> The customer is root and I am not. |
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> This is clearly the "right" way to operate, however it can be |
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> extremely difficult to walk away from your largest-paying contract, |
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> just because the owner sees this particular issue differently. |
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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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> Stroller. |
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I would do one thing and take it as often as possible, a large CYA |
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pill. I had this situation with a friend once a few years ago, trust |
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me, it's a lot easier to blame someone else than yourself. System logs |
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saved me since they pointed to him instead of me. |
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That pill should contain logs, notes and anything else that can be used |
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to protect yourself. When a scapegoat is needed, you're it. That said, |
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I sort of think you see this already. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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