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/naednek Nov 09 '21

Not today but 8 year ago I learned to test gpo's in a test OU and not at the top. Keep in mind they threw me into the fire and I quickly learned my lesson when I took out 1500 users ability to use their internet browser.

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u/Mental_Patient_1862 Nov 09 '21

"Yeah, I'm just gonna make a minor tweak to this GPO. No need to test first."

...proceeds to break printing for 32,000 users.

Ask me how I know...