From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 067B71380DC for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 06:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BA21E0AD5; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 06:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C596E09FF for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 06:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id cc10so210620wib.5 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:21:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wKAyIyvGO5lliFRqoVqHJHi2bTOsTPs9zEdWX5mfK+M=; b=aABn56uictU9fOEKONJeVT3zWQGywLW6hQe/22yzURzgQtChTH8Ns/9b7rPmJSS/Mr YIwjwJTmXYak65ZJ7SzCEJAJj+Dbb3KExW9DMurqeR5jof/LvoAl1JfZ2J9HWE+m4TPr ugdawJsNdkaxImlSAyRH4tRBdlYiVGEUfDpVeiCOflhm7dvIERnHQM4vZqhZnOsxS/qs b8IZuxlqFNN7/5V6nEACkxI/nKHAf5qMF+PQ3TPPE2kKvK+qgEnrsc0x+xkEgd2DEziO ADxR3l0IFIO3jQ4E8Zdp8UYfPYCUbhM9mmV+lsiSDSTA/KRb6vu+XlSsIctFY/ABT6Yd llEw== X-Received: by 10.194.188.80 with SMTP id fy16mr12033820wjc.30.1391581297837; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:21:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.40] (196-210-102-21.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.102.21]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id cm5sm42704657wid.5.2014.02.04.22.21.36 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:21:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52F1D86B.5060106@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 08:21:31 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: going from systemd to udev References: <20140204195807.GG6850@syscon7.ed.shawcable.net> <52F15ED4.7060409@sporkbox.us> <87siryldes.fsf@nyu.edu> <52F1777B.9080200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52F1777B.9080200@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9fdd0729-aab0-4bea-88c7-c853de6e24d2 X-Archives-Hash: 52c2ebc1d91e7701a52b424215dc031e On 05/02/2014 01:27, walt wrote: > Being the only user of this machine, I could work up some outrage over this > new PITA -- but I've decided not to be outraged. I pretend to be a sysadmin > and imagine how I would feel if an arbitrary user demanded the ability to > plug any arbitrary USB stick into his corporate workstation. > > Well, I'm not a corporate sysadmin, and never will be, but I think I'd be > reluctant to let him do it. > > Any official sysadmins out there have an infallible opinion to offer? I am a corporate sysadmin, and resisting that one is a waste of time. "bring your own device" is all the current rage in corporate speak. So it's The user's whole computer plus nothing of mine on the network versus the users own USB stick plus the computer of mine on the network. No brainer. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com