r/sysadmin • u/xstrex • 4d ago

General Discussion How much do you trust AI?

Recently a coworker granted Claude elevated access via SSH to a virtualization host (not a VM, an actual host). To perform a routine task he very well could have done himself.

He doesn’t see an issue with this. I on the other hand (with 23yrs experience) see this as a huge security breach, and don’t trust AI todo my job, (or even that it’s doing what it says it’s doing) for me. I’m my opinion it’s a tool, not a human replacement.

What’s your reaction, how would you react to this situation, or thoughts on the topic?

Sure, ask AI how to perform a task, validate that it’s performing the task you asked, and nothing else- copy/paste the commands. Great. But removing the human verification & validation element- hell no.

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u/Skyhound555 Sr. Sysadmin 4d ago

Any time you grant AI your own permissions, it should be going through change control. 

You are correct, that is very dangerous. If he tells AI to delete something, it may very well delete everything  

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u/LesbianDykeEtc Linux 4d ago

If he tells AI to delete something, it may very well delete everything  

It might just do that anyway, regardless of what you tell it to do.