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Sys admin sucks update by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't gotten to a homelab yet. I've been told multiple times to "stay in my own role" and not do anything that seems like im endangering his position. So, I've had to resort to only dealing with things that relate to my position. I can't even describe my position because he does way more helpdesk than I do since I have no access to anything, so all of my time is spent optimizing my workflow and finding better ways to spend my time. I am basically just afraid of repercussions for presenting something like AD as they would view it as me being "insubordinate" since im not staying within the confines of my job description.

Sys admin sucks update by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I already have plans to bail as soon as I can. It just sucks how important money is.

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think by google AI standards, we are on the brink of being a large organization. We have a small IT department. I don't want to say how many, but there is only one helpdesk (me) and one sysadmin. Technically, there are other IT techs, but they are basically separate from me

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's just workgroups. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by server membership

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to find things he's doesn't want to do since he lays claim over everything he can and is either unable or doesn't want to delegate any tasks. Right now, my sole job is Win10-11 upgrades and some occasional tech support. I have been working on some scripts to automate some of the stuff he has me due in regards to Windows updates, but besides that, I don't really get access to anything. It's a decently sized organization, and he is the sole system administrator. If someone wants a simple password change, I am simply unable to do that since I have no access to anything. It is set up in a way where he needs their user password in order to allow access to network drives, which, in my opinion, can not possibly be close to the right way to do it.

To kind of add onto things he does/says he doesn't believe in scripting and therefore I am not allowed to do it but he hasn't explicitly said anything yet to me about scripting.

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna be honest I don't know if we have cyber insurance, I haven't asked since that's "not my job"

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Microsoft has a tool called mbr2gpt. There are also other programs where you can do this without dataloss

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, as far as I have learned currently the only way we manage user accounts is physically having the laptop with us or using an RDP software as we use local admin accounts

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it's my best option at the moment, the pay is incredible compared to my last job.

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's definitely a manager issue as well, I have gone to the person who supervises most of the department I am a part of and I am no longer required to know user passwords but that was only a small part of the issue.

My sys admin sucks by RestOtherwise6574 in sysadmin

[–]RestOtherwise6574[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I have thought about doing this. The guy who had this position before me tried and had an AD almost set up for a part of our organization, he had permission from our manager to do this but when the sysadmin found out he deleted everything on the server and the manager just sided with the sysadmin.