Angry nerd rant
I have never pushed back harder against having a meeting than I have with these people.
"Can we have access to this system?" "Sure, can I have a public SSH key? Here's some detailed instructions for creating a key pair."
"Can we have a meeting about this?" "Can I have a public SSH key? Here's the instructions again."
"We really need to have a meeting to get this resolved." "I really need a public SSH key."
Then they started inviting me to meetings which I rejected and replied with the instructions again. Two months later, now I'm getting public keys sent to me!
The fuck you want to meet for? Do you want me to read the instructions in a condescending voice? READ WORDS GOD DAMMIT. You have "engineer" in your title. READ. TAKE INPUT AND PROCESS IT.
"Can we have access to this system?" "Sure, can I have a public SSH key? Here's some detailed instructions for creating a key pair."
"Can we have a meeting about this?" "Can I have a public SSH key? Here's the instructions again."
"We really need to have a meeting to get this resolved." "I really need a public SSH key."
Then they started inviting me to meetings which I rejected and replied with the instructions again. Two months later, now I'm getting public keys sent to me!
The fuck you want to meet for? Do you want me to read the instructions in a condescending voice? READ WORDS GOD DAMMIT. You have "engineer" in your title. READ. TAKE INPUT AND PROCESS IT.
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer There seems to be a specific kind of person who needs meetings and oral instruction to understand something.
These people tend to be promoted to management fairly quickly because they also happen to be very good at hanging around where their boss and boss's boss are.
@professionalbigot69 neither. Telephone technicians.
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer Meanwhile me, forcing meetings because e-mails get replied to at the pace of months when I need answers in weeks
@Hyolobrika I only need the public key. Public as in "anyone can have it".
Angry nerd rant
@prettygood uoh kikuri reading condescendingly how to make an ssh key pair uoh
anyway, yeah. people are willingly obtuse. my mom is like this, she only learned what i taught her when i wasnt around and she had to use her computer
anyway, yeah. people are willingly obtuse. my mom is like this, she only learned what i taught her when i wasnt around and she had to use her computer
@prettygood But you need to verify that it's *their* public key and not an imposter's. How do you do that?
@Hyolobrika they email it to me. Email enforces MFA and that's good enough for me.
@prettygood That wouldn't be secure enough for me as email is unencrypted and MITMable to the servers involved (unless both parties are on a server you trust I suppose). But it depends on your threat model I guess.
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@Hyolobrika the requested access isn't even accessible outside of the internal network.