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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BOFH</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="BOF.html" title="BOF"/><link rel="next" href="bogo-sort.html" title="bogo-sort"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BOFH</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BOF.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bogo-sort.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BOFH"/><dt xmlns="" id="BOFH"><b>BOFH</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Acronym, Bastard Operator From Hell. A system
administrator with absolutely no tolerance for
<a href="../L/luser.html"><i class="glossterm">luser</i></a>s. &#8220;<span class="quote">You say you need more filespace?
&lt;massive-global-delete&gt; Seems to me you have plenty left...</span>&#8221;
Many BOFHs (and others who would be BOFHs if they could get away with it)
hang out in the newsgroup <tt class="systemitem">alt.sysadmin.recovery</tt>, although there has
also been created a top-level newsgroup hierarchy (<tt class="systemitem">bofh.*</tt>) of their own.</p><p>Several people have written stories about BOFHs. The set usually
considered canonical is by Simon Travaglia and may be found at the <a href="http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html" target="_top">Bastard Home Page</a>. BOFHs
and BOFH wannabes hang out on <a href="../S/scary-devil-monastery.html"><i class="glossterm">scary devil monastery</i></a>
and wield <a href="../L/LART.html"><i class="glossterm">LART</i></a>s.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BOF.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bogo-sort.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">BOF </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bogo-sort</td></tr></table></div></body></html>