As you may or may not know, I work the helpdesk in a computer lab/office setting. They don't pay me enough to actually go fix anything, they have "technicians" who do that. A buncha really cool dudes. Anyway, they have a Linux rig behind the desk for adminning the Linux servers, dual-booted with Windows for adminning the Windows servers. Anyway, the tech on duty arrives, boots up Linux, busts open a console window and proceeds to SSH into one certain very important server. Logs in as root (can you see where this is going?) and does his business. He doesn't log off SSH when he's done. Goes and does something else for an hour (replacing a HDD, I believe, because when he returned, I was presented with a box to send back to Dell) and jumps back on that machine. He needs to admin Windows now - so he types init 6 (also known as "reboot") into the console. He sits there staring at the connection lost message and says to me "You're going to have enormous problems in about 30 seconds. Have fun" and runs off. Sure enough - about a minute later, the packed lab starts making quite a bit of noise and b!tching at me, and both phones start ringing off the hook. Oh dear lord. That machine apparently takes quite some time to reboot, too. It was almost 10 minutes before services were restored.
eck.
eck.
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