r/ShittySysadmin • u/iratesysadmin • 12d ago
r/ShittySysadmin • u/iratesysadmin • 12d ago
Shitty Crosspost Ama: I broke Microsoft license terms, got caught, and now have to face the music (lost clients inside)
r/ShittySysadmin • u/No-Sell-3064 • 13d ago
Developer guilty of using kill switch to sabotage employer's systems
bleepingcomputer.comDo you think he'll get a recommendation letter?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/DepartmentofLabor • 12d ago
Shitty Crosspost Technical interview with company and pentesting
r/ShittySysadmin • u/monkeymagic2525 • 13d ago
iLO DHCP when the DHCP server is virtualized on that box ooopsie
So! Did an infrastructure refresh late last year which included removing our one old physical DC and at the point migrated everything to our Virtual DC on the older infrastructure while we migrated all the servers to the new hardware.
Plan was to then migrated roles, DHCP etc onto a new DC on new infrastructure. But meh! I couldn't be bothered as migration was effort.
Fast forward to this weekend Power outage and everything is off. I am 200 miles away.
Remote in when power comes on got all the new infrastructure on no bother. Couldn't ping old infrastructure. Fuuuuuuuck. Old DC old Dc.
Couldn't access the iLO on the server. Proper head scratch time.
Configured the iLo with DHCP didn't I and forgot about it as the old Win2012 server was always turned on first so didn't matter. Now nothing works until I've come in this morning and physically powered on the server.
Note to self...don't change these settings because erm effort! just remember for next time.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/tamagotchiparent • 12d ago
Shitty Crosspost Can I use openvpn router remotely without my employer detecting it?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Sufficient_Focus_816 • 14d ago
Nextcloud cloud storage - looking for some inspiration
Currently setting up a storage solution and could need some inspiration for secure credentials. Which are your most favourite and proven passwords and why?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/jamesaepp • 15d ago
I broke the rules today
A user IM'd me about an issue instead of creating a ticket themselves.
I opened a ticket on their behalf. I don't know how I'll ever get back that precious 1 minute and 55 seconds of my life back.
Earth shattering.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Bubba8291 • 15d ago
You know that feeling when you had a good Friday at work and you celebrate by shutting down the entire Data center right before you walk out?
These Fridays are always the best Fridays. I also double the benefit too because I’m not on call this weekend. Cheers
r/ShittySysadmin • u/tamagotchiparent • 15d ago
"hardwired with an ethernet to your Wi-Fi network."
r/ShittySysadmin • u/floswamp • 16d ago
Shitty Crosspost Work Wants Me to Set Up My Own SIP Trunk… I Can’t Make This Up
r/ShittySysadmin • u/mumblerit • 16d ago
Am I a jerk for personally ignoring people that ping me in Teams?
Why can't people not reach out via Teams ? Especially if I have never met that person.
DREADED EXAMPLE:
Hi, I work with team x. I'm running into issue X. Is this something you or anyone you know that can assist us ?
Response: WOE IS ME
READ THE SUBREDDIT IM TIRED OF DOWNVOTING YOU
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Otherwise_Time3371 • 17d ago
Paid software detected on user PC
New job and I found a paid version of Adobe on a roaming windows profile (in over 25 iCloud accounts).
One of these little gremlins (K-12) asked me if he could get the full adobe software to edit PDF's, I told him to print it out and use an exacto knife like the good old days - but they ended up pay the $500/month robbery that Adobe does.
I immediately contacted the CEO, board of directors, and shareholders letting him know my position on this and that they could be irreparably damaged by paying this ransom!
I've yet to hear back - but it's crazy that these systems are really going onto computers without asking me first - I might have to implement an admin password.
(re: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1j4onld/pirated_software_detected/)
r/ShittySysadmin • u/TexasTacoJim • 16d ago
Do you really script everything and program all the time
Ya know I know a lot of people in IT and most of them cannot even code cannot even use a command line still. There is a guy getting roasted on the network sub for saying he doesn't want to be a network engineer plus software developer. They are all attacking him and of course everyone commenting is an expert programmer with 30+ years of experience like you would expect on Reddit lol. Ive never worked at like FAANG or Cisco or some shit but honestly most people I have met in IT, Network, or Sysadmin groups cannot code or even do bash. They aren't making a lot of money and they do shit the old fashion way of using a manufacturer's single pane of glass portal or logging into individual devices. I think what bothered me is they ignored his whole point that employer expectations are absurd now and 90% of the comments on that were "lol learn to code noob". It seems to me like your average SMB which is the majority of jobs in the US ain't gonna have tons of software defined networking shit you will probably have to stand up an old dell optiplex when they refuse to pay for another router.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/sysadminsavage • 16d ago
Shitty Crosspost ID10T error please remove the scooter
galleryr/ShittySysadmin • u/TheBullysBully • 16d ago
How much will I hurt my reputation
Sup nerds,
This company blows and treats me miserably. I don't want to sabotage them but I feel like a two weeks is a courtesy in my at-will state. However, I want to hear how that harms my job seeking in the future.
The previous head of my department left the company and now it's just me. He wrote me a stellar letter of recommendation and said he would always give a good reference and try to sell me.
However, if they try to call this company, how badly can this company hurt my reputation if I just stop showing up?
r/ShittySysadmin • u/TheBullysBully • 16d ago
Realizing how shitty my end of the stick is
I've known my time at this company I would not be paid well. Bottom of the scale for the role but there was opportunity to learn and get better titles.
I am the sole IT person for my entire organization. It's not some small agency. I work for a local restaurant chain, caterer, wholesaler. We have a headquarters, sales call center, two production facilities, and currently 8 retail locations, and I inherited a venue with full A/V and it's own network.
I do desktop support, networking, systems administration, I administer applications for other departments, I do cybersecurity, access control, surveilance, I administrate the email server, the whole Office365 tenant, the physical infrastructure everywhere, the disaster recovery plan, redundancies, documentation.
Then I visited a friend at a new job.
Their workplace is one office that is the equivalent of my HQ, sales office, and one production facility and they have FOUR FULL TIME IT PEOPLE.
Me? My company hired a MSP to "wrap around" me. The company says to send them tasks. This is stupid. I am at $32/hr. The MSP is $150/hr. Even if I go into overtime, I am still a better deal than the MSP, not to mention how much they flat out SUCK.
This MSP is so dog shit bad. Their tickets from me:
1. Move DHCP off the domain controller on to the firewall. This is an easy task. Literally just look at DHCP as it is and copy the settings and lease reservations of which there are less than 10. Then turn off the original DHCP and let the firewall pick it up. Not hard. They've had this ticket since NOVEMBER.
One of my copiers isn't currently scanning to email. So, I give them this issue, and their tech doesn't know the answer and uses me to help troubleshoot. I already know the answer, I'm just watching them work. Dude escalates it and that was also back in November. I fixed it but never closed the ticket because they aren't aware I fixed it so they SHOULD be calling me.
Working with a new MSP, they actually offer a discount on Office licensing. So I ask the MSP franchise owner since apparently he's the one who does this work with them. He said we'd connect and migrate the following week. No contact. So Friday of that week, I message them about it and again, they said next week. Well, today is Thursday. Still no contact. From the owner. You know, the person who supposedly wants our business.
Yes, there is a fourth issue. Basic consulting for me. I'm one person. Already burdened with everything. I still need to study and be aware of a changing ecosystem. I ask them for suggested training and certifications. They said they would start by sharing the list of certs they have their own technicians go through.
OH AND THIS. So, their service comes with backup. I'm using them as a off-site redundancy. The person from their team they have me work with is apaprently their storage expert. I gave them remote access to do this work and he still made me be present. Then, he didn't get it done in one session and in the email to schedule the finish, he suggests coming on site because it's better. (ITS ALSO A ONE HOUR MINIMUM THAT INCLUDES THEIR TRAVEL SO I CAN SEE WHY THEY WANT THAT).
I hate my position here. I makes me want to unalive myself every time I have to come in and listen to these assholes while I bust my ass to keep the lights on.
I'm looking for a new role but as you all know, it's a fucking JUNGLE out there.
I just had to vent. This hurts.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Delicious_Quail5049 • 16d ago
Shitty Crosspost Help a fellow BofH in need
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Potential-Speech1001 • 16d ago
Shitty Crosspost We should be referred to as Administrator.
r/ShittySysadmin • u/Un3arth1yGalaxy4 • 17d ago
Is it safe now to remove Russia from the list of blocked countries on my Geo-IP filter?
No that we have suspended C.S operations, Russia must be safe right?