Don’t forget to appreciate your system administrator on the ninth annual
System Administrator Appreciation Day this Friday, July 25, 2008.
If YOU administer your own system/machine, then treat yourself to a 15
minute break and then GET BACK TO WORK!
But remember the SuSE motto: Have Fun!
Read more about the day, and why at http://www.sysadminday.com/
And, get the word out!
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
Does that apply to forum administrators?..
> Does that apply to forum administrators?..
you bet, march into your chief’s office, slam your coffee cup down on
his desk and DEMAND some appreciation…
after you have done that you will realize how really easy you had it
in these fora…heh!
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
On 07/24/2008 kgroneman wrote:
> Does that apply to forum administrators?..
Absolutely. And before you ask: To moderators as well.
I expect appreciation everywhere tomorrow, let it be forums.opensuse.org. forums.novell.com, Groupwise, Console One, heck even our helpdesk software.
Uwe
I’m a SysAdmin, and I’ve never really seen anyone make much of the day other than SysAdmins. That being said, I really enjoy my job and don’t feel that I need a day to recognize me or my profession. I think common courtesy to everyone on a day-to-day basis is preferred.
> I expect appreciation everywhere tomorrow …
> Uwe
Uwe, i have appreciated you for YEARS…using a variety of ‘names’…
THANK YOU, i appreciate you…and, ALL the others here intent on
actually helping folks…
(and not simply trying to defend “their” turf and make sure it stays all
pretty and nicely aligned…with all the post nestled snugly into their
absolutely “correct” place…etc…)
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
LOL, thank you!
Uwe
at work all secretaries get flowers and cake on “their” day but so far in my enormous career as a *nix sysadmin I have never had anyone noticing sysadmin appreciation day 
we even ordered free mugs and stickers and passed them around: *(http://www.ilovemyitdepartment.com/?id=8)
but alas still no geek gadgets for us…
stefan*
On 07/24/2008 Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:
> even our helpdesk software
Helpdesk forwarded me a ticket today which obviously has been sitting on the shelf for almost 2 months, and it is blinking in red colors due to the increased priority. Probably it is their way to show appreciation, instead of fireworks <G>
Uwe
well for those of us that do not get enough appreciation maybe here we can get tips how to interact with our users:
The Register: The Home of the Mighty BOFH
stefan
Of course no System Administrator Day is complete without a light hearted song and video to help with the message:
The Sysadmin Song - Streaming Google Version
Yesterday I got a similar incident about a user not being able to open up a benefits form they needed on the intranet. The user opened the ticket three weeks ago, and the ticket was finally assigned. The user no longer needs the form, but I checked security permissions across the intranet and saw a bunch of individuals were given “Full Control” here and there, and not once was an entire OU or group used. On a Windows box, end users basically never need Full Control, as it allows them to change security permissions themselves. When I asked, it was when users called saying they couldn’t open a PDF in their browser (because Acrobat wasn’t installed) the first step someone would do is give that individual full control access over a folder on the intranet.
However the correct, necessary security permissions were often missing, and completely different from file to file over basic stuff like benefits forms.
Today can we celebrate “Good” SysAdmins by allowing them a day where they don’t deal with any really stupid users, nor have to clean up after “Bad” SysAdmins?
DenverD <spam.trap@texan.dk> expounded:
> Don’t forget to appreciate your system administrator on the ninth annual
> System Administrator Appreciation Day this Friday, July 25, 2008.
> If YOU administer your own system/machine, then treat yourself to a 15
> minute break and then GET BACK TO WORK!
> But remember the SuSE motto: Have Fun!
> Read more about the day, and why at http://www.sysadminday.com/
I forgot about it, but the nice folk in that certain self-supporting
department have remembered and are coming by later today with donuts. I
like those guys :).
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