http://www.megalomaniacal.net/tags/rants/ Better than the best and harder than the rest. en drogoh Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:26:34 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.megalomaniacal.net/2008/07/14/1216070794992.html <p> Usually I would never see this, but my line of work requires that I suspend disbelief.<br> <br> Scooter user has a FreeBSD server and is "doing maintenance". Later I discover they're upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0. Usually this isn't an issue, but they went and changed root's shell to /usr/local/bin/bash. Now, anyone who knows anything about upgrading FreeBSD knows what happens between major versions. Libraries change versions, applications break. Not a pretty sight.<br> <br> I, being the only FreeBSD admin on the floor at the time with some seasoning, am blessed with the task of cleaning up behind this genius after a couple of other people can't get root. Meanwhile, Scooter has the nerve to start screaming "NOW NOW NOW ASAP OMG BROKED!!!!1!1!!OEN"<br> <br> Since I have never had to deal with this before, the su(1) had the answer I required. It was, however, not readily apparent that it was the answer. After some twiddling, I was able to get in by using 'su -m' and saved the day. Now all I need to do is take the time to write up some "best practices" stuff to teach folks. </p> http://www.megalomaniacal.net/2008/07/14/1216070794992.html#comments http://www.megalomaniacal.net/2008/07/14/1216070794992.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:26:34 GMT