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Early 90's, university. I tricked the administrator of the UNIX cluster to "su" from my account. The su binary was mine, she typed the root password and the cl
by BrandoElFollito 5y ago
Early 90's, university. I tricked the administrator of the UNIX cluster to "su" from my account.
The su binary was mine, she typed the root password and the cluster was mine.
I went to the administrators to say that I cracked the system and would like to be part of the administrators team. I was accepted.
I learned an awful lot over the next few years (as a student, and then as a PhD student) - this helped me to land a job at IBM, and then at another company that was expanding in Europe.
- a1369209993 5y ago> I went to the administrators to say that I cracked the system and would like to be part of the administrators team. I was accepted. See, this? This is how school computer systems are supposed to work.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoBurglar: "I lockpicked your door. I want to live here." Home owner: "Fine, take the room besides mine."
- a1369209993 5y ago> > how []school[] computer systems are supposed to work.