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by NewJazz 527 days ago
Why were they applying patches? And what were they patching? What were the consequences when you busted them?
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These were solaris 8 or 9 patches for some Oracle DB. Patch management back then was wild and conflicting patches could cause problems.

Of course there were no consequences for someone bypassing the approval process and doing unscheduled changes as root. Now, if my team had made those changes without running it past the DBAs...