Ever made a massive cock up... and blagged it off

[DieScum]

Made a bit of a wilmslow-esque cock up last week. In a fit of absent mindedness I deleted the wrong thing. Oops.

Not the end of the world as it could be recovered from a backup but not exactly good for my rep if I had to own up to it.

So spent three hours in the evening trying, and failing, to recreate from scratch.

Had a bit of a sleepless night and then in the morning concocted a vaguely plausible technical reason why we had to recreate something from the backup... to be met with a 'they have lost the password for that account.'

Argh. I then, against all hope, found a massive security hole in the system where the password was stored in clear text and was able to recreate the object.

Now it is sitting there looking all shiny and new and professional and working.

And nobody knows I f'd up. Elation is the word.

It's almost worth doing for the feeling afterwards. Could be addictive.

Ever come back from a self-inflicted sucker punch to win the fight yourself?

[HairyArsedBloke]

Er, Um .........

[threaded]

Ah my young padawan, that is why one backdoors place, and the password in plain text leaves.

[minestrone]

This thread title is soooooo open to abuse.

[Paddy]

I have “delete key phobia”. Before I delete anything I make a copy, then another copy hidden away before I even consider using the delete key. Even if I have been instructed to delete something, I will make a copy, assess the situation, close off rights first and see what happens.

Thankfully most IT bodds are gun-ho about deleting and without much though just delete anything. This can then give me several days or even weeks work rebuilding.

Tape back-ups and snap-shots are not always the answer and are not that helpful for live systems that can’t be shut down.

[MarillionFan]

I once held up a bookmakers with a mate.

We were young and he got caught on camera.

Knowing he would grass me up and knowing his brother was the same frame as me. I got my self an alibi and phoned the old bill straight away saying he had done it with his brother.

I had an alibi. He and his brother didnt.

They've still got 5 years to go.

Sweet.

[AtW]

I once held up a bookmakers with a mate.

We were young and he got caught on camera.

Knowing he would grass me up and knowing his brother was the same frame as me. I got my self an alibi and phoned the old bill straight away saying he had done it with his brother.

I had an alibi. He and his brother didnt.

They've still got 5 years to go.

Sweet.

Tell 'e the other story about your harsh childhood when you had to use a pool ball in a sock...

[MarillionFan]

Tell 'e the other story about your harsh childhood when you had to use a pool ball in a sock...

Did I ever tell you the story of how I killed a man with a single glance?

[AtW]

Did I ever tell you the story of how I killed a man with a single glance?

You mean the one when some poor chap actually saw you in person?

[xoggoth]

Not a technical error but back in permie days I did once go to pick up an important American client at the airport in a company car and then forgot where I'd left it. We spent half an hour wandering about looking for it. I think he was impressed.