ADMIN DID YOU SUDDENLY LOSE ACCESS TO THE BOMB SHELTER?

[Dennis Olson]

About a week or so ago, we had a little problem that removed Bomb Shelter access for some people (primarily lurkers who have low post counts, but provided real-world data as an assurance that they were legit.) If you are one of those, reach out to @Kathy in FL . I’m letting her handle this as an “Admin training exercise.”

 

[Kathy in FL]

About a week or so ago, we had a little problem that removed Bomb Shelter access for some people (primarily lurkers who have low post counts, but provided real-world data as an assurance that they were legit.) If you are one of those, reach out to @Kathy in FL . I’m letting her handle this as an “Admin training exercise.”

ROFL!! Let’s just say I will never use “batch update” again.

 

[kyrsyan]

ROFL!! Let’s just say I will never use “batch update” again.

I somehow comprehend that real world lesson very, very well.

 

[Kathy in FL]

DO NOT PUT YOUR PERSONAL INFO HERE!!!

For your privacy and security please contact me via the “Conversation” function.

 

[Dennis Olson]

ROFL!! Let’s just say I will never use “batch update” again.

It’s still small-time compared to when I banned myself by getting overly exuberant about IP bans and “wildcards.” Had I not had a second window open to the adminCP, I’d have been totally hosed.

 

[LoupGarou]

It’s still small-time compared to when I banned myself by getting overly exuberant about IP bans and “wildcards.” Had I not had a second window open to the adminCP, I’d have been totally hosed.

Or YOU could have just logged into the server and fixed it raw in the database.

There is always a way if you have "access" to the machine...

 

[Dennis Olson]

Correct. But at the time I panicked.

 

[helen]

Correct. But at the time I panicked.

Panic Sex Lady didn't get that message...

 

[Jez]

I would imagine that every Administrator has had one of those "OH Shit!" moments at least once in their career. Mine was deleting our entire office container in Active Directory. I was surprised that it wasn't a Resume Generating Event. In my defense, I was promised that my account didn't have those privileges when I first told my boss about the accident. Boy were they wrong. Senior Network Admins had to restore from backup. This happened about lunch time too.

 

[momma_soapmaker]

It’s still small-time compared to when I banned myself by getting overly exuberant about IP bans and “wildcards.” Had I not had a second window open to the adminCP, I’d have been totally hosed.

I actually guffawed on that one.

 

[Profit of Doom]

I would imagine that every Administrator has had one of those "OH Shit!" moments at least once in their career. Mine was deleting our entire office container in Active Directory. I was surprised that it wasn't a Resume Generating Event. In my defense, I was promised that my account didn't have those privileges when I first told my boss about the accident. Boy were they wrong. Senior Network Admins had to restore from backup. This happened about lunch time too.

In the data center world I frequented, the question “what is the minimum acceptable full load duration of the UPS system during generator failure?” could be answered with “long enough to update one’s resume”

 

[Tex88]

DO NOT PUT YOUR PERSONAL INFO HERE!!!

For your privacy and security please contact me via the “Conversation” function.

Yes my social is 555-55-1234 and I use “chicken nuggets” as password everywhere. My first dog was named Spot!
-my users bless their little hearts.

Also, I don’t have access to bomb shelter forum anymore.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Also, I don’t have access to bomb shelter forum anymore.

Let Kathy know. Oh, and

 

[night driver]

MOST of us involved with Data Handling and Data Processing kept an offsite resume as a Gold Standard FU card.

 

[Repairman-Jack]

MOST of us involved with Data Handling and Data Processing kept an offsite resume as a Gold Standard FU card.

Yes, best to be prepared in case you're involved in a "Resume generating event".

 

[Dennis Olson]

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