I struggle with the idea of someone smart enough to wire a server room being gullible enough to want to “bless” the hardware
I don’t think people engaging in things like this are necessarily “gullible.” Things for “good luck” (sort of lumping a lot of stuff there since some might view a blessing and luck differently) are a lot about the tradition and ceremony of it. Sometimes it’s just fun to do things. Like breaking a bottle on the side of a new ship.
If it doesn’t work it’s harmless. If it does work, you’re out a little water, a few minutes for a ceremony, and might just save untold weekend and evening hours for everyone.
But you also might end up in hell if it’s the wrong religion.
You don’t sacrifice chickens to keep your DNS gods happy?
You shall not pass… into the world of systemd!
Nowadays you can use systemd-exorcise for this:
exorcisectl --denomination INSERT_YOUR_RELIGION_IDENTIFIER. Please note that some denomination options will automatically withdraw 10% of your yearly income from your bank account as a tithe, and if that fails it will send your server to hell or whatever equivalent you believe in. The command is a no-op for atheists.The power of sudo compels you!
May admin rebuke you
This is clearly an old image. The new priests expel the demons with systemd
systemd priests be like:
homectl show -j | \ jq -r ".[].userName as $u | \ .birthDate as $b | \ select($b < \"$(date -d '18 years ago' +'%Y-%m-%d')\") | \ $u"
Blessing away the French language …
the one guy on payroll who was there when the whole system was built that you’ve never seen, but always have heard about
So you get out your VHS camcorder from the 1980s and follow him into the server room along with your friend who is auditioning for a U2 cover band after work.
sudo asahi-blessGesundheit
systemctl daemon-reload
Checkmate.Plot twist, that broom is made of real plant roots
He’s performing the Benediction of the Omnissiah
Hmm…splashing around holy water in the server room, what could possibly go wrong? 😬
Well, to be fair, it probably will stop the daemon running if he aims it right.
probably wont do much unless he throws a whole bucket
In computing and house maintenance I have learned an important thing: the tiniest amount of water in the wrong place can wreak absolute havoc.
coincidentally, i have had the exact opposite experience: water was onky ever a problem if it was tgere for a long time, and in large amounts
“These servers ain’t no good I tells ya!”
WHACK
It wouldn’t be my first time literally praying and asking for blessings before a project.
