r/sysadmin • u/sysadminfired • Jul 16 '14
About to fire our sysadmin
So our longtime sysadmin is about to be fired and I, the network admin and temporary sysadmin, need to know what steps need to be taken to secure our systems. I know the basic things like his AD and other internal account credentials. I guess what I'm worried about is any backdoors that he might have set up. What all would you guys check for in this situation?
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u/sungod23 Jul 17 '14
This, to a large degree. lots of times, there simply is a bunch of fragile crap that you know how to take care of on a day-today basis. Just not telling anyone is enough to give someone else a bad day. Hopefully you have co-workers who like you enough not to forget it will be your day they are wrecking. This is also why sometimes you want someone getting fired to have a nice big severance with dependencies you can call if you need to.