From: F.M. Taylor (root@uranium.indstate.edu)
Date: Fri Aug 09 2002 - 14:20:50 EDT
BACKGROUND:
On my administraative server (the one that keeps records and does
payroll), the institutional computing depaartment wants me to implement an
automatic file deletion script, complete with exception lists, reporting,
etc, becaause the users can't seem to remove the old stuff from the
server. This is affecting their ability to generate reports, etc, because
of disk space limitations (ie: its full of junk).
My response was, NO WAY, but I will implement user quotas, and after all
the users haave cleaned up their mess I will invistigate the possibility
of adding more disk spaace and uppiing the quota limit, if necessaary.
Their response was NO, we want an automatic file deletion policy,
quotas won't work, too many people would complain.
I tried to explain that while computers don't make mistakes. people do,
and I don't want an automatic file deletion script on the machine that
prints my checks. They don't see the problem.
QUESTION:
In your Professional Opinion, what would be the best practice?
how do you handle this issue in your company?
I really can't justify adding HD space if all they are going to do with it
is archive temp files...
Please be as verbose as necessary when replying, as both sides are arming
for battle.
-- Mike Taylor Coordinator of Systems Administration and Network Security Indiana State University. Rankin Hall Rm 053 210 N 7th St. Terre Haute, IN. SANS GSEC http://www.sans.org/ _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers
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