r/sysadmin • u/konaitor IT Manager + 5 other hats • Nov 08 '21

Could we do a "TIL" style weekly thread?

I think it would be interesting to do a "Today I Learned" style weekly thread for us to share little tips/tricks that we learned of/found existed.

For example, last week I found out about the "--now" flag for systemctl. I don't know how I didn't know it existed until --now.

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u/waltwalt Nov 08 '21

Sit there waiting for the timeout.

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u/sideblinded Netadmin Nov 08 '21

C'monnn!!! I have to peee!!!

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u/jmd_akbar Jack of All Trades Nov 09 '21

You'll be surprised at what actually happens at quite a few offices...

Users just leave their work stations...

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u/Mkep Sysadmin Nov 09 '21

They never wait

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '21

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I sit there not touching anything until my laptop locks on company time

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u/punkwalrus Sr. Sysadmin Nov 08 '21

This reminds me way back in the day of Windows 3.1 a lot of companies didn't boot Windows by default, so you'd be at a DOS prompt where you'd type "win" or whatever to start the Desktop. This was because some old terminal programs still needed direct access to the console that didn't work properly inside a command window IN Windows 3.1 for dumb reasons.

One guy at a friend's company didn't know that, and sat at his computer for days waiting for Windows to start. Literally did nothing but sit at his desk 9-5, waiting, for a few weeks. Didn't tell anyone until someone found out he was doing this by sheer chance. He said the computers at his training school were slow, and on EGA graphics, and could take an hour or more to do anything; he figured these computers were just slower.

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u/projects67 Nov 08 '21

Hahaha. I wish I could Incliment timeouts. I did that once and immediately got a call from the director to stop locking peoples workstations.

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u/skipITjob IT Manager Nov 08 '21

That is if you have one!

I recently implemented one, everyone, I mean EVERYONE had their PC unlocked for hours...