On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:11:59 +0800, Robert wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Adam Funk wrote: > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > >>Hopefully, someone gets a chuckle out of this. > > > > > > My recent prize-winner was this > > # ifdown -a > > over an ssh connection. Fortunately the computer I was^H^H had been > > logged into was in the same room as the one I was typing on. > > I've done that. I thought I had a terminal of my desktop open but the > terminal was a remote box... ..in my case it was the bandwidth throttle bridge box, I was on its 3'rd IP'ed wire, the 2 silent wires were plugged in between the gateway and the upstream provider and this was my first box for my first wifi based isp client. To top it, he ran a one man business and had just arrived on some resort. You know, just some wee trivial firewall tweak, so he could ssh in and do peace-of-mind checks while on vacation. ;o) ..the eerie silence beyond the first 15 secs and onwards, told us "Uh, it seems to it work." ..a month later, #2 was booted up, the wires moved over, and the power cord yanked on the eerie silent one. It now serves as gw throttle for another of his business clients. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
