Sometimes Systems work is a lot like plumbing. You have that task that must get done no matter what, and you know you’ll be getting grimy in the proccess. Unpleasant as they are, this kind of jobs give quite a sense of accomplishment once done; people without dirty hands are wrong, aren’t they?
Ldap authentication and apache as ssl proxy and client verifier, stuff for another campfire tale …
I’m glad not everything in Systems and Operations feels like plumbing; puppet smells good.
