RE: Cool way to crash an Oracle database, any time, any place

We had one DBA who did chown -R oracle * followed by chmod -R u+x,g+x * while at / as root !!
That pissed of everyone not just the SAs. It took several days (almost a rebuilt of the server) to recover. Who to blame? The supid prompt for not having a # and id when su-ed to root.

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

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> From: Tim Sawmiller [SMTP:sawmillert_at_state.mi.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:43 PM
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> Subject: RE: Cool way to crash an Oracle database, any time, any
> place
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> Not as pissed off as the time he trusted me with the root password, and I
> absent mindedly ran this command from the root partition:
>
> chown <me> *
>
> >>> ThaterW_at_telergy.net 05/09/01 03:16PM >>>
> On Wed, 9 May 2001,Mohan, Ross scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
>
> ->make exponentially growing files and processes
>
> And make your SA REALLY pissed off.;-)
>
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