I think devs should have admin rights on their boxes I no longer support dev desktops, but I do admin the systems they use - servers, databases. I'm cool with

I think devs should have admin rights on their boxes I no longer support dev desktops, but I do admin the systems they use - servers, databases. I'm cool with what you say in principle. If we're talking your own desktop, sure, no problem. As long as you're responsible for cleaning up your own mess. But root on 'my' dev servers - no way, Jose. Those guys don't know unix, don't know what they're doing with root. They get shell accounts, they can do what they need to do. Maybe it's the way we're setup. Typically 'the' box they're using is shared with other devs and applications. One fubared 'rm' as root and they've taken down great chunks of our development environment.