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SYSADMIN(1)						      General Commands Manual						       SYSADMIN(1)

NAME

       sysadmin  - responsible for everything imaginable that may or may not have to do with the system you're using.  Contraction of "system" and
       "administrator"

SYNOPSIS

       sysadmin [-ab] [-cd] [-ef] etc......

DESCRIPTION

       sysadmin takes care of everything, is generally harangued, must be supplied with coffee, chocolate, and alcohol in order to function  prop-
       erly, cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and must not be allowed to have a life.

       sysadmin is not intended as a user interface routine; other programs provide user-friendly front ends; sysadmin is used by everyone who can
       track him [her] down.

       With no flags, sysadmin reads its standard input up to an EOF, or a line which sysadmin wishes to parse, and then  proceeds  to	ignore	it
       entirely  and  read  news  all  day.  When invoked with the -w option, sysadmin reads standard input and responds according to terms of job
       description.

OPTIONS

       -bofh  Go into Bastard Operator From Hell mode.	This option causes sysadmin to use tools stored in the /usr/lib/bofh  directory  to  parse
	      the standard input and route user tasks appropriately.

       -cd    causes sysadmin to become caffeine-deprived, resulting in system slowdowns.

       -b     causes  the sysadmin to function normally while augmenting the standard input with beer(5).  Can be used with the -t option as well,
	      depending upon which version of sysadmin you are running.

       -t     causes the sysadmin to smoke tobacco, which can result in significant performance improvement, provided you are running the  correct
	      version of sysadmin.

       -Cfile Specify an alternate configuration file (sysadmin.cf is the standard).

       -dX    set debuggin value to X.

       -fFullname
	      Set the full name of the sysadmin.

       -Bf    Create the sysadmin.cf configuration freeze file.

       -lname Sets the name of the "luser" person (that is, originator of a given request). -l can only be used by "trusted" users (who are listed
	      in sysadmin.cf).

NOTES

       The -t option should not be used with a version of sysadmin which is not capable of parsing tobacco input.   Though  the  functionality	of
       this command may seem similar to the -b option, it should not be confused with that or the related -c option.

								 25 September 1995						       SYSADMIN(1)

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LUSER(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  LUSER(8)

NAME

       luser  - process to control the clueless individuals who (mis)use computer systems, peripheral devices and system administrators. Word play
       on "loser" and "user".

SYNOPSIS

       luser [-d] [-g<level>] [-s] <lusername>

DESCRIPTION

       luser is the primary tool a system administrator uses to manage end-user requests. This powerful tool can actually cause the specified user
       to perform actions as specified by the flags.

       With no flags, luser deletes every running process owned by the specified <lusername>.

OPTIONS

       -d     Disk reclamation mode. Remove all files in the home directory of <lusername>.

       -g<level>
	      Grovel mode. Causes the specified luser to make an act of contrition to the sysadmin for past sins. The <level> indicates the sever-
	      ity of the contrition:

       LEVEL

       0      User makes a sincere apology and promises to never do it again.

       1      User buys sysadmin a large quantity of sysadmin's favorite beverage.

       2      User signs over ownership of his/her car to sysadmin.

       3      User resigns from the company after writing a long letter of apology detailing his/her failings.

       4      User commits ritual suicide by sucking on a power strip and grounding himself to a conduit.

NOTES

       Sysadmins are encouraged to use the -s option as a way to smarten up the world's user base. Use the -g option at level 4 outside  the  con-
       fines of the machine room. The more lusers that witness the act, the better.

SEE ALSO

       sysadmin(1)

BUGS

       Occasionally,  the  luser may survive the effects of luser -g4.	In that event, a second invocation of the command will usually prove to be
       fatal.

HISTORY

       Written by Eric L. Pederson <eric@bofh.org.uk>.

								 25 September 1995							  LUSER(8)
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