On Sunday 29 September 2013 22:09:35 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 29/09/2013 19:59, Tanstaafl wrote: > > I've been told that this shouldn't be a big deal... while I am a > > (barely) passable linux sys admin > > Allow me to forward an opinion. The above is not true, not even close. > > Don't knock yourself, you don't deserve it :-) > > In my day job I get to meet many people, and vast fleets of them are > paid obscene amounts of money to do sysadmin work. I have an unprintable > opinion of most of these folks (I'm tired of cleaning up after them and > they mess they leave).
I can imagine some of those opinions, I am certain I have uttered the exact same words myself on occasion. It gets worse when those are the ones holding the root-password and refuse to give it to you, even though it is obvious I know how to do things better then they do... > You on the other hand would wipe the floor with easily 95% of those > clowns. Seriously. > > And that goes for just about everyone else on this list who has been > around a while. The list thanks you :) -- Joost
