Re: Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold!

From: Mike Forgery Cox (mikecox_at_linuxmail.org)
Date: 03/25/05 

Date: 25 Mar 2005 10:35:32 -0800

essteeaenn@worldbadminton.com wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Mike Forgery Cox <mikecox@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> : start of my job here, we have rolled out 500+ HP D230 mini tower
> : machines, using a ghosted image based upon the OEM version that
came
> : preinstalled with the machine. There are just so many problems
with
> : this OEM version of XP pro, that I can't even begin to tell you.
But
> : thats just the start. We must have the worst user base ever. I
spend
> : about 80% of my time is fire fighting problems associated with
> : spyware/adware, p2p client software and trojans picked up from the
> : internet. By default, along the lines of most other organisations
> : using windows, every user is a member of the local administrators
>
> : Really, if tomorrow, the IT Manager decided it was time to roll out
> : Linux, I would kiss his feet.
>
> If your group is so poorly versed in admin that you roll out
> improperly admined non-secure Windows systems, what makes you think
> that your group would be capable of doing any better with Linux?
>
> from the sound of it you'd do what you did with Windows:
> grab a sort-of-working distribution with known problems,
> set up everyone to log on as root, and roll out
> hundreds of copies- then wait for the problems to start.
>
>
> Stan
>
> --
> Stan Bischof ("stan" at the below domain)
> www.worldbadminton.com

Listen.

The ONLY reason why users are added to the administrators group, and we
are not alone in doing this, is that things like antivirus software,
and other windows protection software, require user admin privileges to
update when logged on. And further, many programs will not configure
themselves correctly, unless user has admin rights. For instance,
Microsoft office will always go though a mini setup the first time a
new user executes one of the programs, like word etc. It often will
not work, unless the user is an admin. I don't like it, but what can I
do.

In a Linux environment, where things like antivirus and spyware control
software is not required, as user would not have to have root
privileges. He would have his own protected environment, and if he
fucks it up, won't affect everything else on the computer.

Mike