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Ask HN: Delegate VM configuration/troubleshooting?
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by cshipley
3652 days ago
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I'm a freelance mobile/web developer whose company is growing to the point where I have to pull on help. One time consuming things that I haven't delegated is configuring or trouble-shooting things on VMs for clients. I find this to be very time consuming however I am reticent to have a subcontractor do this as I'm nervous about giving root access, if even for a short while. Is there a reasonable way to delegate this such that I don't have to worry about nefarious activity? Or a way that I can detect that someone has been doing something they shouldn't? |
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I believe the solution to your issue will be basically building trust in a company/freelancer who can help you on an ad-hoc basis.
in the past I've solved similar issues (basically, how do they trust someone they just "met" on HN with root/sudo access) with clients by doing basic diagnosis via a non privileged account, and asking them to run commands/scripts as required (either for deeper diagnosis or a fix). Obviously I explain the purpose/goal of the things I ask them to run, and I'd invite them to get a 2nd opinion about the purpose/safety of said commands.
<shameless plug> If you're interested in trying something like I described, drop me a line (see my profile).
Edit: wtf typo.