Comments on: The Nerdy Side of a Breakup http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup A journal of geekery, music and joy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:56 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PJ Cabrera http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36462 PJ Cabrera Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:51:34 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36462 Ken, a real sysadmin with several systems would have known to use PAM with LDAP, instead of maintaining multiple users in multiple systems. :-) Ken, a real sysadmin with several systems would have known to use PAM with LDAP, instead of maintaining multiple users in multiple systems. :-)

]]> By: Ken Nelson http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36236 Ken Nelson Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:52:36 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36236 Actually, the cartoon was a riot as it was. vi isn't particularly humorous. If the affair is <em>really</em> over, the use of the -r and -f options to userdel would have underscored the finality. Extreme prejudice mode, and all that. -k- Actually, the cartoon was a riot as it was. vi isn’t particularly humorous.
If the affair is really over, the use of the -r and -f options to userdel would have underscored the finality. Extreme prejudice mode, and all that.

-k-

]]> By: dave http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36180 dave Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:14:33 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36180 Ken, I know this is what you do for a living and all but this is kind of a buzz kill comment. Would that really have worked in a cartoon? Of course, we are spending Saturday night leaving comments on a blog so there's a meta-nerdiness at play. Ken, I know this is what you do for a living and all but this is kind of a buzz kill comment. Would that really have worked in a cartoon?

Of course, we are spending Saturday night leaving comments on a blog so there’s a meta-nerdiness at play.

]]> By: Ken Nelson http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36177 Ken Nelson Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:50:14 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/01/26/the-nerdy-side-of-a-breakup/#comment-36177 <strong>Real</strong> sysadmins would have directly edited /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. Unless, of course, the SO existed on multiple systems. Then, we're talking about a little script wrapper that executes "ssh root@$(host} userdel megan". I suppose one could execute a little sed command to directly edit the files over the ssh connection, but that's a sharp axe to wield. -k- Real sysadmins would have directly edited /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. Unless, of course, the SO existed on multiple systems. Then, we’re talking about a little script wrapper that executes “ssh root@$(host} userdel megan”. I suppose one could execute a little sed command to directly edit the files over the ssh connection, but that’s a sharp axe to wield.

-k-

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