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Khurram Wadee ✅I could also mount the encrypted partitions on the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/HardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HardDrive</a> and to recreate the symbolic link which I’d deleted. Luckily this allowed my original system to start <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Booting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Booting</a> again. However, something was still wrong with sudo but looking it up, there was ample help online about what was wrong: the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/program" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#program</a> has to be <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/setuid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#setuid</a> 0 and so once I was able to do that I recovered the system. Phew.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Khurram Wadee ✅It’s at times like these that you start feeling a little desperate and need to keep a cool head. I had a spare <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USB</a> drive and I borrowed my spouse’s Windows computer to install a <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/LiveDVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiveDVD</a> image on it for <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fedora</a>. After disabling <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UEFI</a> temporarily, I was able to get the computer to boot.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Khurram Wadee ✅However, I still had to change some <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/SymbolicLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SymbolicLinks</a>, and it was quicker to delete them and re-link them with <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ln</a>. Everything went OK until the link from /usr/lib64 to /lib64. As soon as I deleted, I couldn’t execute anything and I was left with a system which couldn’t even get to <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/BootUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BootUp</a>, let alone beyond it.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Khurram Wadee ✅I had one of those crazy events happen at the beginning of last weekend when I accidentally changed ownership of the /root directory structure. The immediate effect was that I couldn’t use <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sudo</a> to do anything as <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/root" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#root</a>. Luckily, the computer did reboot and allowed me to log in directly as root and then I started to change all the ownerships and groups recursively back using <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/chown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chown</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Khurram Wadee ✅Long thread:One thing I both love and find infuriating about <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unix</a> systems is the ability royally to mess things up.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Wif Stengertimeline cleanse<a href="https://mas.to/tags/shaggydogstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shaggydogstory</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/neworleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neworleans</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-fugitive-dog-scrim-recaptured-48348bc8d7da4d9bf2f0597d4cc9423a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-fugitive-dog-scrim-recaptured-48348bc8d7da4d9bf2f0597d4cc9423a</a>

Wendy PalmerLook at this story about “fainting Sundays” recounted in Law’s history of Hampton Court Palace, as told in the memoirs of the sub-chaplain at the time 😂 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FaintingSundays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FaintingSundays</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Will Berard 🫳🎤 🫶Friend: "so, what happened to your dog?"90s 'Mr Boombastic' Artist Shaggy: "..okay... So it's a long story..."<a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/puns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#puns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/shaggy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shaggy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Jason LeeSo I left them with a wild story, all the twists and turns you’d want in a tall tale. Went down well in fairness. Found my tribe. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Caturday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DoggoDayToo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DoggoDayToo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ShaggyDogStory</a> 🐱🐶

PunningMy giant mushroomI ordered a large garlic mushroom at the pub. When it was brought to my table, the mushroom said its name was Bill. He spent half an hour cracking jokes and telling stories. He got a round of beers in for the whole table. He made a few calls and got us tickets to a rock concert.He was a real fungi to be with. <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://punning.isbrill.com/tag/mushroom/" target="_blank">#mushroom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://punning.isbrill.com/tag/puns/" target="_blank">#puns</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://punning.isbrill.com/tag/shaggy-dog-story/" target="_blank">#shaggyDogStory</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://punning.isbrill.com/category/dad-jokes/" target="_blank">#DadJokes</a><a href="https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/my-giant-mushroom/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/my-giant-mushroom/</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenA mad scientist cloned a famous 70s disco band to give to his grandma on her birthday. To do this, the scientist used DNA from various kinds of bees. He found that the female worker bee genes created a fantastic looking smoking hot replica of the band, but they didn't sound so great. The male drones on the other hand, sounded great, even better than the real band, but looked sort of weird, with uncanny valley faces and mildly disturbingly exaggerated renditions of disco outfits, and instruments that seemed to slightly distort reality when you looked at them too closely.He needed to pick the band he thought his grandmother would like best. After long consideration, the better sounding performers won out. It was totally worth it to see the joy on his gramda's face upon hearing them play, even though she got the he-bee Bee Gees.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/DadJoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DadJoke</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenX</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/70s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#70s</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/disco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disco</a>

David Penfold :verified:So there's a farm. On this farm, there's a cow, a chicken, and a horse, and the three of them are best friends.They do just about everything together. And one day, they're sitting at the window of the house, and the farmer's kid is watching MTV, and they're watching it, and they hear the music, and the horse says "you know what? I'm gonna learn how to do that."So the horse calls up Guitar Center, and he says to the guy on the phone, "Hey, listen. I wanna learn to play guitar."Guy on the phone says "no problem. Come on down.""No, there might be one problem. I'm a horse.""Naw, it ain't a problem. We'll get some attachments, I can teach you to play. Promise."So horse turns out to be a natural. He gets GOOD. And he calls over Cow and Chicken and he's like "LOOK WHAT I CAN DO" and he jams out like Jimi Hendrix. And Cow says "holy shit. That's awesome. I want to learn to do something like that too. What's like that?" And horse says "Bass. Learn to play bass."So Cow calls up Guitar Center, and she says "Hey, listen, I wanna learn to play bass guitar."Guy on the phone says "No problem, miss, come on down.""Eh, this might be a problem. I'm a cow.""Nah, no problem. I helped a horse recently, I can teach you to play too. Promise."So Cow learns to play the bass, and Cow is fucking amazing at it. So Cow and Horse are jamming, and Chicken gets a bit jealous. He says "Damn, I wanna learn something too. But not like that."Horse says "Well, I mean, we need a drummer around here."So Chicken calls up Guitar Center, and he says "Hey, listen, I wanna learn to play drums."Guy on the phone says "No problem, man. Come on down.""Eh, maybe a problem. I'm a chicken.""Naw. Ain't no thing. I taught a horse guitar and a cow bass. I can teach you drums."So chicken learns the drums, and he's fucking amazing. So Cow, Horse, and Chicken all start having jam sessions whenever the farmer's out. And one day they're playing, and a big record agent is driving down the road. And he hears them, and he's like "what the fuck? that sounds amazing." so he stops at the farm, and he finds them all playing in the barn. And he says "Holy shit. You guys sound AWESOME. I wanna represent you, make this a real band, make some music. You're gonna be HUGE."So Cow and Chicken and Horse take this guy's deal, and they move to the city, they cut albums, and they're big. REAL big. Top 10 hits, platinum albums, the works. They get set for their first tour. But there's a problem, see. Horse gets a phone call, his mom's real sick. Cow and Chicken, though, they're cool as hell. They say "Listen. Go see your mom. We'll delay the first show a couple of days, so fly back home, spend some time with her, and then jump on a plane and come meet us."Horse says "Thanks, guys. you're the best," and he takes off.Couple of days later, Horse's mom is just fine. Turned out to be a real bad cold, she gets over it, and he spends another night there. The following morning, he gets a call. It's his agent. Cow and Chicken's plane went down, they died in the crash. The band is done. he's lost his best friends. And horse, this breaks him, man. He's been through so much with them, and he feels real down in the dumps. So he takes a walk, and while he's on that walk, he just can't shake the blue, so he figures to himself "Alright, alright. One drink, just to get over it."So Horse walks into the local bar. Bartender looks at him and says "Hey. Why the long face?"<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Sorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sorry</a>

David Penfold :verified:A local business was looking for office help. They put a sign in the window, that read:"HELP WANTED. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer."A short time afterwards, a dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined.Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and was surprised, to say the least. However, the dog looked determined, so he lead him into the office. Inside, the dog jumped up on the chair and stared at the manager.The manager said, "I can’t hire you. The sign says you have to be able to type." The dog jumped down, went to the typewriter and proceeded to type out a perfect letter. He took out the page and trotted over to the manager and gave it to him, then jumped back on the chair. The manager was stunned, but then told the dog, "The sign says you have to be good with a computer."The dog jumped down again and went to the computer. The dog proceeded to demonstrate his expertise with various programs and produced a sample spreadsheet and database and presented them to the manager. By this time the manager was totally dumb-founded! He looked at the dog and said, "I realize that you are a very intelligent dog and have some interesting abilities. However, I *still* can’t give you the job."The dog jumped down and went to a copy of the sign and put his paw on the sentences that told about being an Equal Opportunity Employer. The manager said, "Yes, but the sign *also* says that you have to be bilingual."The dog looked at him straight in the face and said, "Meow"<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

David Penfold :verified:A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich.The barman looks at him and says, "Hang on! You're a duck.""I see your eyes are working," replies the duck."And you can talk!" Exclaims the barman."I see your ears are working, too," Says the duck."Now if you don't mind, can I have my beer and my sandwich please?""Certainly, sorry about that," Says the barman as he pulls the duck's pint."It's just we don't get many ducks in this pub. What are you doing around this way?""I'm working on the building site across the road," Explains the duck. "I'm a plasterer."The flabbergasted barman cannot believe the duck and wants to learn more, but takes the hint when the duck pulls out a newspaper from his bag and proceeds to read it.So, the duck reads his paper, drinks his beer, eats his sandwich, bids the barman good day and leaves.The same thing happens for two weeks.Then one day the circus comes to town.The ringmaster comes into the pub for a pint and the barman says to him "You're with the circus, aren't you? Well, I know this duck that could be just brilliant in your circus. He talks, drinks beer, eats sandwiches, reads the newspaper and everything!""Sounds marvellous," says the ringmaster, handing over his business card. "Get him to give me a call."So the next day when the duck comes into the pub the barman says, "Hey Mr Duck, I reckon I can line you up with a top job, paying really good money.""I'm always looking for the next job," Says the duck. "Where is it?""At the circus," Says the barman."The circus?" Repeats the duck. "That's right," Replies the barman."The circus?" The duck asks again. "with the big tent?""Yeah," the barman replies."With all the animals who live in cages, and performers who live in caravans?" says the duck."Of course," the barman replies."And the tent has canvas sides and a big canvas roof with a hole in the middle?" persists the duck."That's right!" says the barman.The duck shakes his head in amazement, and says ......... "What the fuck would they want with a plasterer??!"<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

Alan Wright 🇬🇧 🇮🇲A farmer stopped by the local mechanic’s shop to have his truck fixed. They thought it might have something to do with the transmission, so they couldn’t repair it while he waited. He told the mechanics that he didn’t live far and would just walk home. On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store he now had a problem ― how to carry his purchases home. While he was scratching his head he was approached by a lovely widow who told him she was lost. She asked, "Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane?” The farmer replied "Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is very close to that house. I would walk you there but I can’t carry this lot." The old lady suggested "Why don’t you do this? Put the can of paint in the bucket. Carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm, and carry the goose in your other hand." "Why, thank you very much, that works just fine!" he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home. On the way, he said "Let’s take my usual shortcut and go down this alley. We’ll be there in no time." The little old lady looked him over cautiously and then said, "I am a lonely widow without a husband to defend me ... How do I know that when we get in the alley you won’t have your way with me?” The farmer said with some irritation "Holy smokes, lady! I’m carrying a bucket, a gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I do that?" The old lady replied, "Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the paint can on top of the bucket, and I’ll hold the chickens.". <a href="https://c.im/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/shaggydogstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shaggydogstory</a>

arbux<a href="https://beige.party/@princesaballena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@princesaballena</a> which reminds me of the LOTR situation Éowyn found her self in. After the Witch king says no man can kill him, Éowyn removes her helmet to reveal her identity and proclaims, “I am snow man.” The Witch King leaves the battlefield hurriedly to get counselling to understand the difference between sexuality, gender identity and winter traditions. This caused the Battle of the Pelennor Fields to be won as a result of uncharacteristic empathy on the part of the Witch king and a misspelling on the part of the script writers. This was later re-shot to the version you see in the final film. The snowman was not credited in the final or extended cut. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ Toot.ComA shaggy dog Not a glimmer of humor Smile at friendThis is so funny. I went to the dog park and there was this big shaggy dog. It must have weighed 50 pounds. Half of which must have been fur. Anyway, it was really big. So the dog saw this Chihuahua, really small, and went tearing across the park... <a href="https://toot.community/tags/575Prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#575Prompt</a>: <a href="https://toot.community/@aethelshane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aethelshane</a> joke <a href="https://toot.community/tags/DailyHaikuPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyHaikuPrompt</a> glimmer <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haiku</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Senyru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senyru</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Haibun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haibun</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FreeHaiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeHaiku</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poem</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoems</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dog</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dogs</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ShaggyDogStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShaggyDogStory</a>

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