My first sysadmin job ( along with webmaster and HTML/CGI programmer introduced me to UNIX and Xenix in particular. I immediately started spelunking around th

My first sysadmin job ( along with webmaster and HTML/CGI programmer introduced me to UNIX and Xenix in particular. I immediately started spelunking around the system with my root account. I soon discovered that something seemed odd with the use of system resources. Poking some more I discovered some “hidden” folders. Turns out someone hacked the ftp server and setup a warez and porn distribution. (Possibly it could have been the former sysadmin who had set it up). I notified higher ups, removed the content and removed the ftp server. A few days later the server crashed hard. Opened it up. The hard disk was leaking fluid. Notified the higher ups. Found myself in a taxi hauling the server of considerable size and weight to a taxi. We went to a contracted Xenix support center. Tney said there was nothing they could do to recover files. Stuffed in a replacement drive, installed a fresh version of the OS. Said they would send the broken drive to a different company. Hauling it back, get it setup. Two days later, the ftp site was up and running again. I repeated what I did the last time. Then I sat down to read and understand the system at a far deeper level than I had so far.