2010/5/12 Harish CM <cmha...@gmail.com>: > Look at it this way - as a sysadmin I would not want removable media (floppy > cd/dvd pen drives etc to enter (for fear of contamination of my network) or > taken away (information security) so much so such devices are disabled - and > that is precisely where the problem lies. Most of us are worried about one's > own machine and one is free to do whatever as long as it is standalone. Come > networking, the scenario changes drastically. DOS/Windows came into being in > the standalone mode and is good and functional in that environ.
Harish, As a sysadmin, you are supposed to know all these. But a normal user need know about ntfs systems or fstab to get their friends external drive to work. > Also, knowing more is, as far as I am concerned, better than knowing nothing > - it does it all for you- attitude is good enough as long as it works; when > it fails one does not know what is to be done - and that is bad Yes, that is the problem here. We need a mechanism to fix things when things break. It could be training or external support. -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
