bob

Luckily the one time I did that it was a machine that came back up as soon as you shut it down...

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At least it wasn't dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda

Although I suppose you'd have less reason to run that.

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You're not a real sysadmin until you've done that. Bonus marks are awarded for it not being a machine you can physically get to, and even more for it being one that no one can get to. I know one person who admins remote access points. By remote, they mean only accessable for 6 months of the year, and even then at a 5 figure cost.


the hatter

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Do you get super extra bonus points if the machine is accessible, but requires you to make a free solo ascent of an E8 route, traverse a corridor filled with swinging axes and lined with booby traps, and sacrifice your firstborn to Cthulhu?

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No, you lose points - you should have already sacrificed your firstborn prior to attempting any sysadmin-related activities.


the hatter

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i didn't know syadmins-to-be had sex.

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I did that with ifconfig eth0 down once. It was v embarrassing.

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ive unplumbed an interface before on a remote machine.

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cisco has a very cool thing for when you're doing scary stuff (like changing routing or interfaces on the other side of the planet): you just type "reload in 1" before the command of (possible) death. if it all goes well, you just type "reload cancel"; if not, you wait 1 minute and the machine will reboot (and since you didn't save the config, you should be ok).

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