[SunHELP] NFS error

[Steve Sandau]

My company ws recently purchased by a large (10's of 1000s of omployees, 
I think) corporation. We're being "integrated" into their network. We 
will be using their corprate Internet connection. Not only will we *not* 
be allowed access to *any* outside email account, we won't even be able 
to reach web servers on non-standard ports.

I have not heard about having a disclaimer added, but at some point I'll 
either have to subscribe to the list at work or at home, and not be able 
to read one account wherever I am.

This type of setup really does suck.

I am, BTW, the system admin for my little field office of the larger 
company purchased by $large_corporation.

Steve


Hichael Morton wrote:
>  > That makes you a special case, doesn't it?  "Sod off, Jack, I've got
>  > mine."
> 
> all you have to do is ask nicely.
> 
> system administrators are also a "special case".
> 
> if it's your job, you get access to the resources you need to do your job.
> 
> instead of cursing at end users ("sod off, jack"), we try to service
> their requests and needs as best we are able.
> 
> instead, i find a lot of amateurs want what the professionals need.
> 
> by the way, you have picked an extreme situation (kind of like an
> "exception") to argue your point.  in the USA, these types of security 
> are rare (mainly government and government contractors).  from 
> observation, this leads to hurt feelings and politically correct results 
> (that is, the death of common sense) as well as misquotes.
> 
> the average system administrator is never in this situation that you
> have tried to take me to task over.