Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!brendan From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Responsible SysAdmin Behavior Message-ID: <4H3+HZB@cs.widener.edu> Date: 27 May 91 03:26:30 GMT References: Organization: Widener CS Dept Lines: 21 eifrig@cs.jhu.edu wrote: >In article brendan@cs.widener.edu writes: >>try to get an idea of how other people deal with things. I've made it > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>my own personal crusade to mail-fry any twerp that sees this as a way > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>for him or her to "get back" at their local systems administrator. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Well, this is the kind of responsible system administrator attitude >I like to see! Do you _really_ believe that it is appropriate for a SysAdmin >to "mail-fry" anyone, for whatever reason? With authority comes responsibility: >SysAdmins have a _greater_ responsibility to behave with decorum than the >average user. I suppose I probably could've been more delicate in my wording; we all get in strange moods (especially on a balmy Sunday afternoon). -- Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone