End-user versus Administrator Tasks
| User | Admin (local group) | Enterprise Admin |
| Navigate the file system | Install and configure Unix on the workstation | Services to Unix and non-Unix systems (Windows, NetWare, Mac) - TC/IP and /etc/hosts |
| Set permission on own work | Add/remove user accounts | Disk mirroring/FailSafe scenarios/Hot spares/Alternate boot disks |
| Compress and archive work | Tune a single system | Load balancing & Network performance tuning |
| User Unix documentation | Administrate file and print sharing | Administrate mail servers |
| Kill runaway print job | Run backups | Install patches; maybe even write some patches |
| Create and edit files | Unpack Linux binary packages (RedHat rpm, Debian deb) | Oversee enterprise security |
| Use commands with redirection and pipes | Write simple scripts for system administration | Write sophisticated scripts for system administration |