Users accounts are at the discretion of the owner. ECC may perform OS installations, though. ECC will give guidance regarding backups. These accounts are for network access and occasional printing. They are not to provide primary access to dedicated machines, for printing, for maintaining backups, or a second source of resources.
Users provide their own hardware for backups.
We cannot effectively administrate when users are allowed unrestricted access to OS modifications. Therefore, we do not share administrative privileges. Should the need arise, administrative control by ECC may be relinquished. OS installation is made as clean as possible. Modifications are documented.