Why Your Sysadmin Hates You

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @07:55PM from the you-wouldn't-like-me-when-I'm-angry dept.

jfruh writes "We've learned many lessons in the fallout from Edward Snowden's whistleblowing and flight to Hong Kong, but here's an important one: Never make your sysadmin mad. Even if your organization isn't running a secret, civil-rights violating surveillance program, you're probably managing to annoy your admins in a number of more pedestrian ways that might still have blowback for you. Learn to stay on their good side by going along with their reasonable requests and being specific with your complaints."

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Not so special by ccguy · 2013-06-19 20:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

For some reason some sysadmin think they're really special and no one should be able to reach them - go via helpdesk, etc.

I'd like to see those sysadmin having a problem with their checks and being told "no no, you can't talk to anyone in HR or the payroll department directly, are you crazy? Please open a ticket and wait for a reply, an intern will get back to you in 24 hours or less".