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Username is not in the sudoers file.
This incident will be reported. https://twitter.com/kvlly/status/1297524702320250880
This incident will be reported. https://twitter.com/kvlly/status/1297524702320250880
First month on the job in tech, I kept getting this error. And every time, I nervous sweat a little more.
Until finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I slunk to my would-be mentor's cubicle, and blurted out an apology, a confession & a question.
"WHO is this being reported to??"
Until finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I slunk to my would-be mentor's cubicle, and blurted out an apology, a confession & a question.
"WHO is this being reported to??"
He laughed.
Very, very hard.
"You. It's you, Jacquie. On your VM. No one else would have known"
Very, very hard.
"You. It's you, Jacquie. On your VM. No one else would have known"
I was learning how to use a "config management" tool called SaltStack.
The two seniors had many a conversation around it that sat in on, and once I lost it laughing because whenever they talked all I could picture was this but with env labels taped on their foreheads.
The two seniors had many a conversation around it that sat in on, and once I lost it laughing because whenever they talked all I could picture was this but with env labels taped on their foreheads.
Anyway. I promise we're still on topic.
Knowing that only I would see the silly mistakes I was making really boosted my confidence. I felt UNSTOPPABLE.
Right up until the moment I sudo removed every user across my small vm cluster from the sudoers file.
Knowing that only I would see the silly mistakes I was making really boosted my confidence. I felt UNSTOPPABLE.
Right up until the moment I sudo removed every user across my small vm cluster from the sudoers file.
I tried everything I could think of to fix the problem.
“Username is not in the sudoers file.
This incident will be reported”
I no longer feared the incident report, but I had not yet learned to use github or similar. I feared for the one version that had worked.
“Username is not in the sudoers file.
This incident will be reported”
I no longer feared the incident report, but I had not yet learned to use github or similar. I feared for the one version that had worked.
So I once again slunk over to his cubicle.
"Hi, I think I sudo'd away sudo...??"
"what"
"Like I might have used SaltStack to sudo away all the sudoers by accident. The internet told me it was best to not give everyone sudo"
"Hi, I think I sudo'd away sudo...??"
"what"
"Like I might have used SaltStack to sudo away all the sudoers by accident. The internet told me it was best to not give everyone sudo"
Cue second bout of laughter and a "oh no, you'll need to remake the VMs"
"WHAT. I can't fix this??"
"not if no one can sudo"
FWIW I still sometimes shout SUPER USER DOOOOO while using sudo.
"WHAT. I can't fix this??"
"not if no one can sudo"
FWIW I still sometimes shout SUPER USER DOOOOO while using sudo.
Anyway, I mourned my carefully crafted VMs and started over.
Imagine my excitement and frustration when MONTHS later, another dev introduced me to my first Source Code Management tool.
Imagine my excitement and frustration when MONTHS later, another dev introduced me to my first Source Code Management tool.
