[ale] Preferred Linux under Docker?

[Pete Hardie]

IME, devs want root because company policies mean that it takes admins
forever to grant necessary privileges, install needed accounts, etc.

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 9:18 AM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> Let me fix that for you ----
>
> "lazy devs always want root so their code will work."
> "lazy companies always want their servers running/installed with root too.
>
> We never wanted root. We never wanted logins.  We didn't want to be
> blamed for anything bad system-wise that may happen.  No root was a
> policy for our server code. Even during installations, no root was needed.
>
> On 05/16/2017 08:49 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Indeed. Devs always want root so their code will work. Bad dev!
> >
> > On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 08:20 -0400, leam hall wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:13 AM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com <mailto:
> DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>> wrote:
> >>> It is actually an anti-pattern to trust the system versions of these
> >>> tools, if you are a developer.
> >>
> >>
> >> It's an anti-pattern to trust developers, if you're a systems person.
> :)
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