[TriLUG] In search of the walled machine at UNC

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:

> I remember reading , some time a go, a bout a Linux box with an 
> incredible uptime. This machine had been lost, and was only found after 
> following the cable... and getting to a (now) walled room.
> 
> Is this a real story? Is it an Urban Legend? Why I seem to remember that 
> this box was part of UNC-Chapel Hill?
> 
> Can any one conform / dismiss the story? Any link?

Never saw the box (or the wall) personally, but I remembered the UNC story 
from last year as being a Netware server and not Linux. Here's a link:

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010409S0012

I'm sure someone directly associated with UNC can more authoritatively 
speak as the the urban legendary nature of this story. 

badger at trilug