Timeline for Why is my question about accessing network shares off topic?
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | music2myear | Assumptions occur frequently. Sometimes that means we have to comment or edit the question to correct them. It also ends up improving the question as it becomes more precise. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 17:56 | comment | added | laika | @music2myear by the way, not every "administrator" of a server is an IT professional... Where did people gather that the network share I want to browse is not the music collection of my brother (from his computer for which I don't have a password), or it's not from a small lab computer where the "administrator" is the side job of a busy student ? | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 17:52 | comment | added | laika | @music2myear even as an administrator, I think this specific question belongs here: the principal condition was not changing the permission on the folder, but having a solution locally. And this condition seems very reasonable to me: as an administrator, would you like to have an user asking you to change the permissions from full access to read only and back every 2 hours? Or would you give me another user account, just to make my life more difficult by logging in and out every time? Actually now I am genuinely curious for solution "from the other side" ... | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:30 | comment | added | music2myear | It's not, actually. If you are the administrator of the server you're probably better-off asking over in Server Fault, but you needing help on a system YOU ARE THE ADMINISTRATOR on is very different from asking for help accessing a system that you are not the administrator on, even if you are being careful and trying to get lower-than-default access. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 18:26 | comment | added | laika | @fixer1234 thank you also for your previous comment, it was illuminating since I don't use this site very often and I was not aware that "administrator of the server" has become a taboo word | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 18:21 | comment | added | fixer1234 | And strong memo to follow. :-) Cultures evolve over time, and newer members lack the perspective of participating at a time when the culture was different. If you don't like the direction the site is moving, don't just stew silently about it. Educate newer users about historical differences and what you think are misinterpretations of the vague guidance in the help section. It would be useful to post such observations and advice here on Meta when you think things are drifting in a direction contrary to the original intention of the guidelines. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 18:18 | comment | added | laika | Thank you very much, and I really like your re-wording of the question! | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 18:16 | vote | accept | laika | ||
| Apr 7, 2017 at 13:58 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | Reopened .... :) | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 13:12 | history | answered | allquixotic | CC BY-SA 3.0 |