Subj : Re: linux permissions issue
To   : scarface
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Sep 04 2025 08:10 am

-=> scarface wrote to tenser <=-

 te> "Unix" from the network.  But that time has passed and that place no
 te> longer exists, so it's unclear what lessons are still applicable.

 sc> Yeh. I guess the current computing model of today is more that everyone
 sc> has a high powered computer in their pocket these days. So many people
 sc> I know don't have a desktop anymore. might have a laptop if working in
 sc> tech. some still enjoy tinkering with all sorts of technology. I even
 sc> work with someone whos only device is their work laptop, which they
 sc> leave at work. some parts of me envy that as I sometimes think I'm
 sc> _too_ attached to technology lol


Yeah, for years it went from mainframes to midrange computers, to
client/server, to powerful desktop apps, to web apps, and now mobile.

I worked at a firm with a HUGE server room, probably 60 4-post racks if
not more. If you looked closely at the raised floor, you'd see outlines
where the AS/400s once stood. We had one AS/400 left, and a graveyard
shift of people who "managed" the AS/400 and the servers at night. I
think they mostly just checked to make sure the blinkenlightz was
blinken.

Don't look too closely, though - the server room floor hadn't been
cleaned in as many years, and the dust dinosaurs under floor were
impressive. I was trying to hire a firm to come in and vacuum under the
floor tiles, take the tiles out individually and scrub them.

Thankfully, my tenure there came to an end quickly after the directive
to clean the server room floors - the people that clean raised floors
seem to know their time has come, and bill like each job could be their
last.

 sc> Thank you very much. I too like the idea of everything is a file, and
 sc> that the unix network model is kinda bolted on to act like a file, but
 sc> with very different interfaces. For context I have a hobby operating
 sc> system, and I like hearing what others find good in less common
 sc> systems.

I loved the UNIX idea that everything is a file, like routing the output
of a tar command to /dev/tape. With BASH, you could kit together lots of
tools to get what you needed to get done.




 
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