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The Fool posted:We have a code system for individual servers, but services all have plain english cname records. Yeah idk why so many places use terrible names or cringy nerd poo poo code names. Names are for telling you what a thing is! Bonus points for a place that has like 2 locations in the same state and 50 employees with a standard like USCAHQDC001.contoso.com We just have up to 4 character prefix for site, dash, name + number affix for servers w/ total not permitted to exceed 15 char. Similarly for network devices it's 3 letter prefix for site, dash, physical location (idf6 or w/e) , dash, 3 characters for device type and a number. For workstations and other poo poo I don't care about the official standard is "it better have that fuckin site prefix+dash in there or it get's deleted from the domain automatically" and I leave it up to the local guys who are sticking machines in to assign names that make sense to them since they're the ones that deal with it. The AD joining scripts I give them won't allow for duplicates or anything egregiously bad. Any outliers from people being creative will sit in the computers OU otherwise known as the OU of forgetting until they are likely deleted.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Oh good, my manager is back from vacation. Which means his daily emails full of generic “inspirational” grandma on Facebook level garbage are back too. Well, apparently that rule was premature. His first day back from his vacation, the director starts pulling groups into a room to let us know said manager just got fired.
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George H.W. oval office posted:I’ll take 3 letters over loving Mordor, Zeus, Alderaan any day of the week Oh for sure, non-descriptive names drive me nuts.
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gently caress off nerds, I love named servers.
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CLAM DOWN posted:gently caress off nerds, I love named servers. Please don’t post about your paraphilias. Alternatively: Relationships can wait, servers/storage/networking, I nut.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Well, apparently that rule was premature. His first day back from his vacation, the director starts pulling groups into a room to let us know said manager just got fired. Woah, feels like there's a story to be told here 
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Well, apparently that rule was premature. His first day back from his vacation, the director starts pulling groups into a room to let us know said manager just got fired. lol drat man, you got powers
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Antioch posted:Side note: Why did we as a people decide that 3 letter codes were good enough for server names? This is some holdover from the bad old days of like, DOS and ARPANET or something isn't it? What's wrong with files.domain or something? Why is it always SER-MHT-DDM-01-W-SAV-01.domain? I get wanting a descriptive name for stuff but it's not like there's something stopping you from using DNS to make things actually readable. Yes, at least in the Windows world it's a holdover specifically from Windows 2000 (or NT even?) and NetBIOS, where the names can't exceed 15 characters. So even though modern versions of Windows Server definitely support long names for machines, many various bits of Windows still use the NetBIOS name so even if you give your server a long name it'll get truncated in a lot of places. It pisses me the gently caress off that it's 20 years later and Microsoft still hasn't gotten rid of that one bit of backwards compatibility cruft - don't get me wrong, if Microsoft hadn't bent over backwards so much over the past 30 years to make sure of backwards compatibility they would never have gotten as far in the enterprise as they did (see under Apple), but guys, I think it's time for this one to croak. If any third-party system is still reliant on NetBIOS then maybe take it out back and mercy shoot it in the head. [Clam Down apparently posted: gently caress off nerds I love named servers] Welp, looks like I was right to keep him on ignore. Wasn't someone asking Lowtax for the ability to have quoted posts of your ignored posters also not show up for you? That would be handy. fakeedit: the irony of wanting servers named Mordor and Alderaan and then calling other people nerds
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Wibla posted:Woah, feels like there's a story to be told here He was a pretty terrible manager tbh. Never fired anyone, failed a subordinate who was a personal friend upward into a lead position so they wouldn’t have to be on call or on the main call rotation because the lead barely has the technical skills required to be the on the triage team. Would bend over backwards for customers to the point we would do stuff completely out of scope just to make them happy. Perpetuated a culture where nothing can improve because we basically can’t ever have people on hold, so we never have time for training or documentation, which means there are systems literally nobody on the tier 1 team has any training on that we’re still expected to support. And last but not least has been inappropriately familiar with female teammates. Not outright sexual touching but hugging when they were clearly uncomfortable with it. Nothing happened when it got reported, although at least it stopped. That lead is likely on the way out too, the only reason they had a job was because the manager was protecting them. Basically there’s been a huge upheaval of the self-protecting in crowd over this calendar year, at least in terms of the technical departments. I guess things haven’t finished shaking out. 22 Eargesplitten fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Super Soaker Party! posted:Yes, at least in the Windows world it's a holdover specifically from Windows 2000 (or NT even?) and NetBIOS, where the names can't exceed 15 characters. So even though modern versions of Windows Server definitely support long names for machines, many various bits of Windows still use the NetBIOS name so even if you give your server a long name it'll get truncated in a lot of places. It pisses me the gently caress off that it's 20 years later and Microsoft still hasn't gotten rid of that one bit of backwards compatibility cruft - don't get me wrong, if Microsoft hadn't bent over backwards so much over the past 30 years to make sure of backwards compatibility they would never have gotten as far in the enterprise as they did (see under Apple), but guys, I think it's time for this one to croak. If any third-party system is still reliant on NetBIOS then maybe take it out back and mercy shoot it in the head. I support garbage trash systems that still use NetBIOS so I just accept the 15 char limit. 
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Super Soaker Party! posted:[Clam Down apparently posted: gently caress off nerds I love named servers] I'm not a mod for this subforum, so this isn't me speaking as a mod, but you really really really need to stop announcing you have me on ignore, posting about how much you ignore my posts (especially my fun joke posts), then passive aggressively responding to them. It's hilariously obnoxious and useless.
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You can't just say that and not link to all the others.
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CLAM DOWN posted:I'm not a mod for this subforum, so this isn't me speaking as a mod, but you really really really need to stop announcing you have me on ignore, posting about how much you ignore my posts (especially my fun joke posts), then passive aggressively responding to them. It's hilariously obnoxious and useless. Also these threads have been really good at weeding out actual lovely posters and I don't have anyone on ignore. The Fool fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Friday, during the helpdesk rollout meeting: "Yeah well we just wanted to roll this out even if it was in active development. If we delayed again, it wouldn't have been out before fall semester". This helpdesk system will not let you update users by replying to the helpdesk e-mail. You have to manually copy in users to the ticket e-mail.
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Vargatron posted:Friday, during the helpdesk rollout meeting: This must be one of those things where the people managing the deployment of the helpdesk software aren't actually using it?
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Nuclearmonkee posted:This must be one of those things where the people managing the deployment of the helpdesk software aren't actually using it? The response was, and I quote "well we didn't get any feedback from the testing group, so we just assumed everything was okay". My group never received an invitation to the user acceptance testing meetings, so how could we have given feedback?
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Imo, putting someone on ignore is whatever, you do you. Saying that person X is on your ignore list is just lame. Re:server names I'm very boring and just name them Localation+OS+whatevertheydo+number So like AMS-MS-DC01
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Why are shared drives even a thing? I work with a vendor that makes enterprise software that emulates shared drives for users like this. So while Sally thinks her docs are going to the I drive, it really goes to a pre-defined section of a file server and not the 2.0TB USB drive from BestBuy that hangs off the PDC.
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Bonzo posted:I work with a vendor that makes enterprise software that emulates shared drives for users like this. So while Sally thinks her docs are going to the I drive, it really goes to a pre-defined section of a file server and not the 2.0TB USB drive from BestBuy that hangs off the PDC. Why is your avatar Obama with his face in a vagina?
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Sickening posted:Why is your avatar Obama with his face in a vagina? GBS Thanks for reminding me to get it changed back. I currently have icons turned off since I'm at work.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:We have this to a degree, but things get all sorts of hosed up because nothing is actually documented and departments have split and combined all over the place and there's constant turnover so nobody knows what the gently caress they need access to, or where poo poo is, and just put whatever they want where ever they want and demand that other people be given access to that place. So you wind up with one department director that has their GPO map their "I: drive" plus a login script JUST FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE loving SPECIAL, that maps like 8 other department's "I: drives" to different letters and now they're running around telling everyone that the document they need is in the "Q:" drive and all of a sudden there's a wave of people from 6 different departments that are all pissed and demanding "Q:" drive access. There is an easy fix for this. Setup a GPO and everyone gets the same I drive and Q drive and any others.
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The Fool posted:Also these threads have been really good at weeding out actual lovely posters and I don't have anyone on ignore. Eh I thought about doubling down but I'm the first to get annoyed at posters who insist they're right for the sake of being right and not admitting they may have made an error thus supposedly admitting to a huge glaring fault in their personalities, so whatever. Clam Down you're off my ignore list and I'll stop posting about my ignore list because you're right it's dumb. (this doesn't mean I like you) (huge glaring fault is also my porn name for the California-specific fetish of porn set during an earthquake)
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I choose to assume that same Google engineer from last time has locked himself in a network closet with a laptop again, and desperately trying to roll back Google Calendars this time. The scotch is gone, the bottle's been... refilled, and the knocking on the door is getting VERY insistent...
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Jun 19, 2019 01:49
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Perhaps a better question is, who actually has someone on their buddy list?
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Perhaps a better question is, who actually has someone on their buddy list? You’re not my buddy pal
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Perhaps a better question is, who actually has someone on their buddy list? Goon has no friends, world shocked.
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I for one like clams posts about the workers paradise that is Canada. I also like to be able to afford housing so I’ll take my Texas. Not Austin obviously
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jaegerx posted:You’re not my buddy pal Who are you calling pal, friend?
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jaegerx posted:I for one like clams posts about the workers paradise that is Canada. I also like to be able to afford housing so I’ll take my Texas. Not Austin obviously I'll give it you that Texas has affordable housing but things have changed. I've watched my friends modest homes in Dallas triple in value over the last two decades. It's not pretty and it's only a matter of time until it extends everywhere.
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Oklahoma City is offering money again to get remote workers to move there. Maine too I think. It’s like 10k. That’s your double wide trailer done.
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jaegerx posted:Oklahoma City is offering money again to get remote workers to move there. Maine too I think. It’s like 10k. That’s your double wide trailer done. Hmmm, if you want to live in one of those places anyway it's probably a good deal. Not sure it's worth the trouble of moving that far just to get 10k otherwise. PBS fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Jun 19, 2019 |
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Texas isn’t perfect but I’ll take it over any of the other gulf states and Oklahoma and Arkansas
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jaegerx posted:Oklahoma City is offering money again to get remote workers to move there. Maine too I think. It’s like 10k. That’s your double wide trailer done. I’d rather be homeless than in Oklahoma. The landing of nothing but constant heat. Least Texas has stuff to do and a inkling of culture.
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Agrikk posted:Who are you calling pal, friend? You're not my friend, guy
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Tab8715 posted:I’d rather be homeless than in Oklahoma. The landing of nothing but constant heat. Least Texas has stuff to do and a inkling of culture. Of all the states to accuse of constant heat you choose Oklahoma? Like, have you ever been there? Okc is fine and pretty much like any city of its size on America. Just as much “stuff” to do there as anywhere in Texas lmao.
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Interesting development in my life. I did a CTF recently on a team with the lead pen-tester of the company I was trying to get a job as a Network Engineer with. I've tooled around with security stuff in the past, mostly on places like hack the box, but I wouldn't say I'm super proficient at it or anything. I did fairly well, but I guess I made a huge impression because I'm being offered a part-time gig moonlighting with them on security projects during their busier times to test the waters (both for them and me, I'm assuming) with the aim of eventually coming on full time as a security consultant if/when they grow a bit more and are looking to hire someone. I'm excited and terrified. This wasn't exactly the path I had in mind, but it's not something I'm entirely against either. Working 1.5 jobs for a bit might be annoying, but the extra money would be cool, getting to learn more and dive into the security/pen-testing world on a professional level is neat, and from the way it sounds it's more or less helping on projects when I'm available. On the other hand I feel woefully inadequate for this type of role with my current skill level, but I'm trying to keep reminding myself that can't be true, because they extended the offer to me. Long story short I guess half a  for now.
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Sickening posted:Of all the states to accuse of constant heat you choose Oklahoma? Like, have you ever been there? A goon I know is actually trying to move back to OKC, the CoL is so much loving better than CO and they seem to be at the point where the job market is growing faster than they can find people wanting to move there. poo poo, if it wasn’t for having so much stuff tying me to this state I’d be tempted by that kind of “work remote from here and we pay you” thing.
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We have the second-worst username schema I've ever seen. FirstnameLastname. Unless you've got the same as another person in the company, at which point it's FirstnameMLastname, with M being the middle initial, and other distinguishers added on a case-by-case basis. We have three Linda R. Joneses, so the first one is LindaJones, the second LindaRJones, and the third LindaJonesEsq. For gently caress's sake, the only worse username scheme I've seen is (sitecode)(first initial)(last initial)(serial identifier)(random three-digit base-36 code), resulting in things like llj0zg1 or bar0bbq or what the gently caress ever. That's the schema we moved *away from* in January.
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Exit Strategy posted:We have the second-worst username schema I've ever seen. FirstnameLastname. Unless you've got the same as another person in the company, at which point it's FirstnameMLastname, with M being the middle initial, and other distinguishers added on a case-by-case basis. We have three Linda R. Joneses, so the first one is LindaJones, the second LindaRJones, and the third LindaJonesEsq. Our system appends a number if there are duplicates, so you end up with john.smith@company.com and john.smith2@company.com.
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