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Should dev be admin on their computer?

In a corporate environment, should developers have admin rights on their computer? Why? Technological environment: Windows 7 Visual Studio 2008 & 2010 SQL Server
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Why shouldn't you let developers near root passwords?

I just came across Something is burning in the server room; how can I quickly identify what it is?. In the comments I found the following quote: you don't let a developer anywhere near your root passwords As a developer but also someone very…
strugee
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Is locking down a developers machine more effort than its worth?

Having worked as a developer and in IT admin/support for a development team, I've come across many different types of environment from the completely locked down to the completely non. In my limited support experience I think its been less effort to…
Preet Sangha
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Set up user for running server program (like www-data is for apache)

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and would like to set up a few custom server programs. I don't think I should be running them as root, and I have no need to. How do I create a user and group that is similar to www-data for apache? Thanks,
user37610
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Understanding Linux Permissions - Apache with user "apache"

I'm with some problems understanding the Linux Permissions, users/groups. I'm running a PHP Web Application with Apache. The user running Apache is the linux user "apache". The folder with the PHP Web Application have the files and folders assigned…
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Task bar icons context menus won't open unless explorer.exe is run with admin rights

I have a Windows 10 computer which recently began to fail to open right-click context menus on taskbar items. The search box also has odd behavior, it blacks out until you enter something in it and then backspace over your entry, then it displays…
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Running a PS as a different user

So I am a real newbie at this and could really use some help. In my company we have user accounts and admin accounts set up for those in my department. We are always logged into our normal user accounts. There are some powershell scripts I need to…
Amitus
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