I wear a &quot;sysadmin&quot; hat (among many others) but not a &quot;dev&quot; hat.  Every sysadmin I know who&#x27;s worth their paycheck does the things you&#x27;ve mentioned above (and others), every time.<p>Perhaps this is what happens when you take a &quot;dev&quot; with no real sysadmin experience and make him&#x2F;her responsible for these machines?  It&#x27;s like giving my neighbor&#x27;s kid with a small dirt bike the key to my Harley and sending him out on the highway -- bad things are bound to happen.<p>It reminds me of the common solution that many &quot;amateur sysadmins&quot; have when they encounter SELinux issues: turning it off.  :&#x2F;