As the system administrator, you are God and your minions know it. If anyone brings in food to the office, you get first dibs. But, when things go wrong...
I was fortunate enough to be the SA in a Unix (Solaris) development shop, so when they start asking about how to fix their home computers, I would just tell them to buy a real operating system, I don't do windows.
Do your best to make your systems idiot proof, but there will always be a better idiot, and you'll get the job of fixing, if not the blame for their problems. Be prepared to explain to management how the idiot got past your safe guards.
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As the system administrator, you are God and your minions know it. If anyone brings in food to the office, you get first dibs. But, when things go wrong ...
I was fortunate enough to be the SA in a Unix (Solaris) development shop, so when they start asking about how to fix their home computers, I would just tell them to buy a real operating system, I don't do windows.
Do your best to make your systems idiot proof, but there will always be a better idiot, and you'll get the job of fixing, if not the blame for their problems. Be prepared to explain to management how the idiot got past your safe guards.