OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Philip Pemberton <philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com>
Date: Sun Oct 27 10:09:01 2002

Well, seeing as we're on the subject of machine names...
I asked my brother for some suggestiosn. He picked "goku", "gohan" and
"goten" - all characters from the anime series "Dragonball Z". I told him
that I wasn't about to use names from a cartoon series. So he half inched
(stole) my admin password, logged into my server and then changed the names
on all the machines remotely. To characters from the "Digimon Tamers" TV
series. I told him NEVER to touch the server again, deactivated his account
on my server for two hours and added his machine to the blocklist. Frankly,
I'm too lazy to change the names on the machines back.
    My main machine's official name is Phoenix - so-called because it
survived a botched BIOS flash (it's a PC running Linux). The server is known
as "Defiant" - from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, my laptop goes by the
nickname "Voyager" (note the Star Trek reference). And my brother's machine?
"Maggotbox". :-)
    One of these days I'll change the names on the machines. I also learned
a few lessons. One being "Change the server admin password often", the other
"Keep the Linux Quick Reference card out of reach of anklebiters and
lusers"...

Later.
--
Phil.
philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
Received on Sun Oct 27 2002 - 10:09:01 GMT

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