Re: Sysadmins

[olafBuddenhagen]

Hi,

> > Additionnaly, adding disks is a strategy which has limits; and
> > current system design doesn't make that easy to do at all : for
> > example, if accounts are stored on the same partition, splitting
> > them can be difficult (problems include eg. hard links, user scripts
> > (because their $HOME would change), some administration scripts,
> > etc...).
> 
> Oh yes. Partitions were a bad idea from the beginning. EROS, at least,
> doesn't suffer from this problem.

Maybe it was, mabye not. That's really beside the point here. It
probably wasn't a really good example anyways.

The point is that "bad ideas" do happen in the real world, as well as
bad implementations, bad premises, and sheer bad luck. No matter how
carefully you design your system, there will always be situations you
didn't anticipate; and the ability for the admin to fix them without
obstacles is absolutely crucial. That's why any attempt to limit his
power is extremely problematic IMHO.

-antrik-