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04-01-2005, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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Rrrrr - my DBA just nuked my server
The head of our Business Intelligence group (who has to be the dumbest manager I've ever met) just nuked my test server. He changed some database set ups because the log files were getting so full so often that the system was getting shut down. In the process he blew away all rights, permissions, logins, passwords, etc.
 My admin password is toast - so I can't log in to fix from the application. My personal login - which has most of the admin rights and would allow me to reset the password for the admin is still viable, but my ability to change rights and passwords ahve been striped. This sucks - I was hoping for an easy Friday - now it looks like I'm going to be late getting home.  Last edited by Breeze : 04-01-2005 at 09:50 AM. |
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04-01-2005, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: USA
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Business Intelligence group? I love that. I'm going to have to find out if we've got one of those here...
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04-01-2005, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kansas City, Mo
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My friend had a group like that at his work.. he called them crash test dummies.. i think i see why now
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04-01-2005, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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If you do - I hope yours is smarter than ours. |
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04-01-2005, 10:25 AM
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Hehe. Dumb manager leading business intelligence. Hehe.
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04-01-2005, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Placerville, CA
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What kind of server is it (Windows/Sun/Unix/other?)
If it's a Windows server, there are ways to re-set the admin password if you have physical access to the machine... |
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04-01-2005, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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It's windows, but it's not the database I can't get into - it's the application that feeds the database. I found the table with the user name and password information and tried to run an update command, but the password is encrypted and the application doesn't except the update command for resetting the password with a non-encrypted word. The DBA said he would update test with the data from the production environment later. I hope to God he doesn't screw up the production database in the process. Last edited by Breeze : 04-01-2005 at 12:45 PM. |
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