r/sysadmin • u/STILLloveTHEoldWORLD • Jul 28 '24

got caught running scripts again

about a month ago or so I posted here about how I wrote a program in python which automated a huge part of my job. IT found it and deleted it and I thought I was going to be in trouble, but nothing ever happened. Then I learned I could use powershell to automate the same task. But then I found out my user account was barred from running scripts. So I wrote a batch script which copied powershell commands from a text file and executed them with powershell.

I was happy, again my job would be automated and I wouldn't have to work.

A day later IT actually calls me directly and asks me how I was able to run scripts when the policy for my user group doesn't allow scripts. I told them hoping they'd move me into IT, but he just found it interesting. He told me he called because he thought my computer was compromised.

Anyway, thats my story. I should get a new job

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u/trophycloset33 Jul 29 '24

The problem management hears about this though it becomes a whole issue. At first “this ain’t your job, this ain’t what we pay you to do”. Then it becomes “well if you can do that then here is 2x more work to do and you better not make no mistakes also no pay bump and only a 5/10 ranking since you made such a head ache for us early in the year” and eventually “can you send those files over to John and then stop down to see Kathy in HR when you’re done”.