then started whining about it? He should at least have been dazzling you with BS(brilliance) while heroicly trying to get the crap straightened out. Was the box brought up into production status and you noticed after the fact that it didnt come up clean or was it still fubared when you got in. In the second case, ride his ass, in the first case HE is the sysadmin and is responsible for the prod box, and being the responsible party you can do any thing you like "as long as it doesnt impact production"
thanx,
bill