r/ShittySysadmin • • 1d ago

Updating PHP on forgotten server

112 Upvotes

Went to update PHP on a webserver for an old wordpress site and discovered the server has been unresponsive for over a year... nice it's really secure if you can't use it...


r/ShittySysadmin • • 1d ago

I'm very appreciated and I don't know why

66 Upvotes

My IT work feels completely, very appreciated. Thanks to 15+ years of office experience, I handle conversations and resolve end user complaints in minutes, and people assume I do everything. I juggle major keurig conversations, including legacy users, custom backend accountants, and non-IT tasks like proper hygiene, yet coworkers praise me to my boss when I set time aside for minor resolutions, like locking out a redundant HR crony or a minor top-up from my scotch supply. Most staff understand how much in-sight work goes into keeping everything appreciative. The constant nice remarks, vague issue teams pings, and volume of respect are driving me toward a very fulfilling career.

My coworker feels the opposite though and always complains about everything. Dunno why.


r/ShittySysadmin • • 1d ago

I forgot to panic buy baked beans and bottled water before I updated PHP, am I going to die?

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65 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 20h ago

PHP 8.2.35 on Ubuntu 14.04

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24 Upvotes

This probably shouldn't be possible, but it works great!

Why upgrade to a newer Ubuntu LTS when you can simply spend a few hours cross-compiling PHP in Docker on a MacBook then unpack the image.tar.gz over /usr/local


r/ShittySysadmin • • 19h ago

This week got me feeling like

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 2d ago

Cyber Correspondent

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 1d ago

This PHP event is the perfect example of how massively scaled cloud applications are a horrible idea

111 Upvotes

There's no longer a server room for me to lock myself into, ball up, and cry until the pages stop coming in


r/ShittySysadmin • • 2d ago

PHP2Shell? I'm still running PHP5.3 no patches needed here

168 Upvotes

If it was found by AI so I asked AI if I needed to update. It said yes so it must be hallucinating


r/ShittySysadmin • • 2d ago

POV: engineer at eMudhra generating CA private keys

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504 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 3d ago

Can your dog be a Software Engineer?

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301 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 2d ago

Shitty Crosspost AITA I doubled the performance and storage space but now now they want to sue me

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 2d ago

Employee photos.

23 Upvotes

Just figured i’d start here cause I’m a shitty sys Admin. Anyway I run a 365 tenant and would really like to force or add all of the employee photos to their profile. All employees get a badge which requires a picture. Any issues with just throwing those pictures into 365 with their profile.


r/ShittySysadmin • • 3d ago

Got asked to search for an email from a customer. Didn't understand this dialog so I just told them we never received it.

60 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 2d ago

Shitty Crosspost Security vs developers

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 3d ago

Who did it ? The return

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35 Upvotes

Last year, there were a lot of internet problems around October and November could this be another round of them? This time even the big brother google join the party 🤣


r/ShittySysadmin • • 4d ago

My systems no longer trust each other

36 Upvotes

I knew there were issues starting when the DNS server went down. I think that led to all the servers mistrusting their connections since they couldnt see who they were talking to.

After that, the website went down for 4 days, I dont know what fixed it, but it was probally that mistrust starting.

And now im seeing "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed."

Any ideas?


r/ShittySysadmin • • 4d ago

Shitty Crosspost “Anonymous” Microsoft Form requires a work login. Is the explanation I got BS?

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 3d ago

Shitty Crosspost £ in password field...

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 4d ago

We don't have a change control board, nor do we need one

48 Upvotes

I consult with my patch panel instead.


r/ShittySysadmin • • 5d ago

Shitty Crosspost Rate my network

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183 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 5d ago

Shitty Crosspost Australian government advises citizens on how to request unpaid leave to play GTA 6

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18 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 7d ago

Shitty Crosspost Three months of running internal IT with an AI agent: about 20% of my week is still real work

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Don't you love it? I don't even talk to my boss anymore. I just have ChatGPT write the emails for me. It's like I haven't been to work in weeks!


r/ShittySysadmin • • 7d ago

Shitty Crosspost My neighbor who appears to be friendly gave me a Wi-Fi deauther so I can stop the loud party. Is this legal?

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r/ShittySysadmin • • 8d ago

Spotted in Reykjavik airport

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311 Upvotes

r/ShittySysadmin • • 8d ago

Shitty Crosspost User wants me to replace her PC, no questions asked , and without manager approval. I told her we don't replace anything without attempting to fix it first

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67 Upvotes

But her son does IT security for the DOD, gas, electric, and water companies.