Re: Bypassing permissions

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Date: 10/12/02 

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 17:29:14 -0800

"Mark H. Wood" <mwood@mhw.ULib.IUPUI.Edu> wrote in message
news:ao6mlp$s5q$1@rainier.uits.indiana.edu...
> Dana <dana.raffaniello@gci.net> wrote:
> > Our IT department is more like net nazi's.
>
> Stop right there. You have a political problem, not a technical
> problem.

Never said it was technical. That is why our Good IT people always leave.

> You are going to find you're in an escalating battle until
> you resolve it.

Yep

> IT is there to serve, not command,

Not where I work, that is why I call them the net nazi's

> but they have to
> serve a lot of different interests.

Which is why they should not be locking out people from installing needed
applications.

> (They may have exactly the same
> thoughts you are having, about some lame directive from corporate
> counsel which they are required to implement, and whose effects are
> passed on to you. If you can help them get this policy modified or
> rescinded, you may win friends. It's good to have a sysadmin for a
> friend. :-)

Actually where I work, they think they are some kind of special god, that is
why the good IT guys leave after only a few months.

> Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mwood@IUPUI.Edu
> It's not easy, being tech.