one I witnessed on the production informix server servicing several hundred banks
oninit -i reinitializes _all_ databases to be blank. made even more fun when we found that for the last two months, the operator doing the backups had been duefully logging an error every night (which turned out to decode to 'out of space, insert another tape to continue') luckily this was a SVP who typed this. David Lang On Fri, 13 May 2011, Tom Perrine wrote: > Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 15:54:00 -0700 > From: Tom Perrine <[email protected]> > To: LOPSA General Discussions <[email protected]> > Subject: [lopsa-discuss] "Stupid SysAdmin tricks for $500, Alex" > > Those of you not in #lopsa (shame on you!) are missing a great thread... > > Great typos, the best way to destroy a system, unexpected command line > results... > > Here are a few: > > Reformatting a partition that was in use > rm -rf .? > removing /lib/libc.so > > So, what's your most memorable command line typo, "think-o", > "brain-fart", or "#$$@#$*&@#$" moment? > > What subtle opportunity for massive destruction would you pass on as a > warning to the next generation of system administrators? > > Don't limit yourself to bash/csh, feel free to explore databases, > storage and network catastrophes! > > "Share and enjoy" > > --tep > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
