Timeline for How to issue a warning to administrator (when the administrator issues a system restart) when user has process running
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| Mar 20, 2014 at 2:24 | comment | added | Dodzi Dzakuma | In my company no other project leader resets their server as much as the one I'm working with now. This server gets reset almost daily. As for the communication thing, it's really tricky. I'm an American working in Japan with a Japanese company. Titles, status and years of work hold more weight than the value of the advice, sensibility or attention to best practices. Like I've said, I've suggested lots of places for improvement. I agree with everything that you say, but my suggestions mean nothing and no time will be taken for improvement. I have root access so I can do what I think will help. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 1:33 | history | edited | X Tian | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 477 characters in body |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 1:22 | comment | added | Dodzi Dzakuma | Would it be a good idea to replace the shutdown binary with a shutdown bash script of my own that sends out a wall message and then waits for confirmation from the administrator? | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 1:20 | comment | added | Dodzi Dzakuma | Yes. We have a lot of issues to address. Too many actually. I agree with you on all points. Unfortunately, since I am an 'underling' any advice I give is ignored. Everyone shouldn't be allowed root access and the server (virtual or not) shouldn't need to reset everyday. The project manager doesn't run who or ps aux before resetting and doesn't notify anyone as to why the server was reset or before resetting. The only hope I have for staying sane is issuing a warning from my user account to the administrator along the lines of 'I have processes running. Contact me before restarting.' | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 1:16 | comment | added | slm♦ | Congrats on getting to 3k! | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 1:12 | history | edited | X Tian | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 490 characters in body |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 1:02 | history | answered | X Tian | CC BY-SA 3.0 |