tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post9081843589294289456..comments2024-03-19T06:03:40.451+10:00Comments on marxy's musing on technology: Working without root accessPeter Markshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13007012724570360389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-61705727221474188012009-03-24T08:57:00.000+10:002009-03-24T08:57:00.000+10:00Hey Pete,Of course, sudo and /etc/sudoers is your ...Hey Pete,<BR/><BR/>Of course, sudo and /etc/sudoers is your friend/your system admin's friend. :-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>ChristopherChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06860404627954267472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-90127644129306269972009-03-23T16:34:00.000+10:002009-03-23T16:34:00.000+10:00Hi Alan,Yep, I got back over the weekend. Still re...Hi Alan,<BR/><BR/>Yep, I got back over the weekend. Still recovering.<BR/><BR/>Yes I like using svn for configuration management but some others don't for some reason.<BR/><BR/>I have been deploying software in a variety of restricted places including on a dreamhost shared host.<BR/><BR/>As you say there's some duplication of files if everyone has their own copy but at least you don't wake up onePeter Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13007012724570360389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-90186290292740550432009-03-23T16:15:00.000+10:002009-03-23T16:15:00.000+10:00I find that quite useful; running everything as a ...I find that quite useful; running everything as a mere-mortal user. Especially in a high-scale commercial environment where you have a clustering load balancer or some other kind of front-end TCP port translation engine that means you can bind the web server to a high-port without too much IP Chains gymnastics to keep it available from a well-known one. I've done lots of specialised intranet Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com