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