Back in my sys admin days a software packager couldn’t get a packaged application to replicate to the distribution servers.
Knowing a few things, as all wizards do, I added a NSFW meme to the package. The package replicated to the distribution servers. Removing the meme breaks it.
I can still picture his expression of confusion, frustration and sheer bloody rage.
spoiler
For those who really want to know, it was with SCCM 2012 and the package had been corrupted when doing the initial hash. A package will fail replicating to distribution points if the hash doesn’t match, adding the image updated the hash while removing it reverted it to the broken state. Adding any file to the package will fix it, as will a version update to the software.
Back in my sys admin days a software packager couldn’t get a packaged application to replicate to the distribution servers.
Knowing a few things, as all wizards do, I added a NSFW meme to the package. The package replicated to the distribution servers. Removing the meme breaks it.
I can still picture his expression of confusion, frustration and sheer bloody rage.
spoiler
For those who really want to know, it was with SCCM 2012 and the package had been corrupted when doing the initial hash. A package will fail replicating to distribution points if the hash doesn’t match, adding the image updated the hash while removing it reverted it to the broken state. Adding any file to the package will fix it, as will a version update to the software.
Neat reveal of the magic trick. Makes sense and pretty simple, but sometimes it’s the simple things right in front of us that are the hardest to see.