Re: Bypassing permissions

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Date: 10/11/02 

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:11:22 +0100

Dana wrote:
> "Thor Kottelin" <thor@anta.net> wrote in message
> news:3DA5C55D.5CCAFE@anta.net...
>>
>>
>> Dana wrote:
>>
>>> our IT has across the board
>>> prevented all users from being able to install applications on the
>>> desktop workstations. Is there anyway to get around this.
>>
>> There are plenty of ways, especially if you have physical access to
>> the workstations in question. IMO the real question is whether
>> cracking access to your employer's systems is worth the risk of
>> unemployment and/or prosecution.
>
> When our IT department interferes with our ability to use the
> computers for productive tasks, there is no risk of prosecution or
> unemployment. Just because our IT department is nothing more than a
> bunch of net nazi's, does not mean that they should be interfering
> with the ability of other departments from doing their job.

I work in an IT department and our policy on "locking down" systems seems to
be pretty similar to your IT deaprtment.

People moan etc. but we do it for good reasons:

1. Ease of support: standard configurations make it a lot quicker to fix
problems
2. Security: less chance of viruses and trojans being introduced.
3. Legality: Tracking that all software installed has relevant licences.

Can I ask, does your company have an IT policy? We do and one part is that
"no-one except IT support may install any software on any machine ...".

If you need it installed ask the IT team, if they won't then escalate it to
your and their manager. They may have a good reason they don't want it
installed.

But I wouldn't recommend "hacking" the machine to do it, you may well be
fired and or prosecuted. 

--
Skywalker

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