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After almost half a century, I'm still doing it... (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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So I'm working on a server from home.

I do a cat /sys/class/net/eth0/operstate and it says unknown despite the interface being obviously up, since I'm SSH'ing into the box.

I try to explicitely set the interface up to force the status to say up with ip link set eth0 up. No joy, still unknown.

Hmm... maybe I should bring it down and back up.

So I do ip link set eth0 down and... I drive 15 miles to work to do the corresponding ip link set eth0 up

50 years using Unix and I'm still doing this... 😥

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[–] [S] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In my defense, I just installed the machine. I was configuring it from home after hours.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    after hours

    I've configured PAM to not let me login remotely after hours, because I just know that someday I'll want to fix "just this tiny thing" and I'll break production because I'm too tired. I clearly need protection from myself, and this is one slice in Dr.Reasons's Swiss cheese model.

    Don't let the people drag you down, this happens to all of us.

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