Root access

[Joseph Mack]

John Turner wrote:
> 
> I am taking a quick survey as to who gets root access. 

The best rule I've worked under is that anyone can have root
access on any machine just by asking. However when there are any
problems with a machine, all people with root access must
drop what they're doing and help get it working again. 
I was in a shop admin'ing for 60 developers. 
Only a handful ever asked for root access. Most didn't want
to touch it with a barge pole.
We had no problems associated with mistakes attributable
to root access.

Joe

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Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, SAIC contractor 
to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, 
ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA. mailto:mack.joseph@epa.gov