[dba-Tech] Detrude?

[Gustav Brock]

Thanks all

I can find at least one reference using "demote":

https://nverselab.com/2021/03/25/creating-and-demoting-admin-accounts-on-macos-with-a-script/

I know about promoting and demoting Domain Servers.

Perhaps it would be better to skip "elevate" (which sounds a bit "physical" to me) and, instead, talk about promoting and demoting user accounts. I found one reference:

https://www.top-password.com/blog/how-to-promote-a-standard-user-account-to-administrator-without-logging-in-to-windows/

You wouldn't, I guess, not even temporarily, elevate an employee but rather promote him/her. 

Am I right?

/gustav


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Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+gustav=cactus.dk at databaseadvisors.com> På vegne af Stuart McLachlan
Sendt: 5. december 2021 22:20
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Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Detrude?

Demote is OK.  we still talk about promoting and demoting Domain Servers, so it's not a un-known term in the computer world.

But you will also commonly  find  downgrade and de-elevate being used.


On 5 Dec 2021 at 13:37, Susan Harkins wrote:

> Demote? 
> 
> Susan H. 
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> You may "elevate" a user account to grant it administrator rights, but 
> what is the opposite action called? To "lover" the account sounds a 
> bit primitive, I think. I've seen "de-elevate" used, but that word 
> doesn't exist in the online dictionaries.
> 
> I can find "detrude", but is that too exotic or not appropiate in this 
> context?
> 
> What would you suggest?
> 
> /gustav