Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:52:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:52:33 -0500 Received: from freeside.toyota.com ([63.87.74.7]:60933 "EHLO toyota.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:52:31 -0500 Message-ID: <3BDF213C.12CD25E@lexus.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:53:00 -0800 From: J Sloan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.14-pre5 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bert hubert CC: Linux kernel Subject: [OT] Re: Nasty suprise with uptime In-Reply-To: <3BDDBE89.397E42C0@lexus.com> <20011030104751.A11623@outpost.ds9a.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org bert hubert wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:39:37PM -0800, J Sloan wrote: > > > So, is there an implicit Linux policy to upgrade > > the distro, or at least the kernel, every 496 days > > whether it needs it or not? > > Having huge uptimes is by the way not adviseable operational policy > according to many. Well, it is certainly a calling card for reliability. > Chances are you will be in for a nasty surprise when you > reboot - not bloody likely - if such a case did exist, big brother would let us know immediately that a service is missing. > do you remember after a year which daemons you 'started by hand' > and how? All daemons are started with init scripts. If init scripts do not exist for a particular service, they are created and activated with checkconfig. In addition, all installed programs are in rpm format, and are installed in the most standard, vanilla configuration possible. cu jjs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/