Delayed mail from GNHLUG?

Todd Littlefield t.littlefield at comcast.net
Wed Dec 12 17:50:17 EST 2012


On 12/12/2012 10:09 AM, Tom Buskey wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:02 PM, <t.littlefield at comcast.net 
> <mailto:t.littlefield at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     True... but I always thought it was a massive faux pas for a
>     SysAdmin to actually admit it was his mistake.  It's never the
>     admin's fault, some user did something bad.  I'm sure if Ben
>     reviewed the logs closely enough, he could finger point.
>
>
> No, a sysadmin should never cover up mistakes.  Otherwise you end up 
> trying to troubleshoot and fix the wrong problem. We're all human and 
> learning how these systems break (which is rarely documented, even 
> internally) so mistakes happen.
>
> Obviously Ben is a good sysadmin (from how well the site runs) and a 
> great sysadmin for figuring out and exposing the root cause so it 
> could be fixed.  If any of us are running the GNHLUG mailman server, 
> we have shared knowledge.  Great sysadmins help create more 
> sysadmins.  Good ones just keep systems running.
>
> Thanks Ben!
>
>
Agreed... I was just making a joke.

Keeping a volunteer project running is a major (and usually thankless) 
job.  So, my most humble apologies.  I did not mean to denigrate what 
Ben has done with the full disclosure and the tireless work on behalf of 
GNHLUG.

- Todd
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