[bookport] Re: Why Administrator?
- From: "Marlaina Lieberg" <marlaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:25:17 -0800
Oh much better idea, Larry!
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Why Administrator?
> After seeing all the negative response to this idea, we are thinking of
> warning you that we cannot tell if the flash card is free from errors
> and that we recommend you check the card yourself. We will then offer
> to let you proceed if you wish. Of course if you are using XP and have
> admin rights, we will correct errors on the card then proceed with the
> update.
>
>
>
> >>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:11:21 PM >>>
> Larry, given your reasoning below, I for one would like to go with
> your
> proposal requiring the user to have administrative privileges. The
> only
> problem I see is that one or more people on the list might not have
> privileges. Then, I suppose, they could get the person who does have
> those privileges to accomplish the update.
> Neal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:49 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Why Administrator?
>
>
> The reason we are considering requiring administrative rights before
> applying a firmware update is that we want to check and/or fix errors
> on
> the flash card before applying the firmware update. If you do not
> have
> admin rights, you cannot run chkdsk, and we cannot run the automated
> version of this tool to correct errors.
>
> Now, if you are saying, that you do not care to check for errors
> before
> applying the update and you know the update could damage the device if
> there are errors on the card, and you would have to send it back in,
> that is fine. We just assumed that you would prefer to check the
> media
> for damages, correct those errors, then apply the update on a known
> good
> structure even at the cost of the inconvenience of logging in as an
> administrator.
>
> The fact is that you need to check the flash card for errors, and we
> can
> do that for you. Even if you want to do it yourself though, you will
> need to have admin rights.
>
>
>
>
>
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