How do I know when a reboot is required?
Steve Gonzales
gonzo at eng.lsu.edu
Wed Jan 14 17:39:34 UTC 2004
??????????
Reboot every 2-3 weeks no matter what?????? I sense bad karma in this
post!
The ONLY time I reboot (regularly) is when there is a kernel upgrade.
Other than that, I can start/stop/restart services and the server does
not complain in the least.
A reboot clears symptoms, but it does not alleviate the core problem(s)
with a package. In that I do agree with you. If the package doesn't
work, then maybe.. _maybe_ a reinstall is in order.
One of the major reasons I insisted that our department move our main
web server from M$ to Linux is the reboot stuff. Automatic updates
reboot our M$ servers almost everyday to engage the changes to the
"feature" being patched. Far be it that an update (again, aside from
the kernel) necessitates a reboot in the *nix world on a regular basis.
Yours in fellowship.
Steve Gonzales, RHCE, MCSE
LSU Division of Engineering Services
GEAUX TIGERS!
On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 18:56, JesterDev wrote:
> Normally I only reboot about every 2-3 weeks no matter what or how
> many things I install. However if you install something and it's not
> working the way it should, or not at all try rebooting and see what
> happens. Most likley it just needs to be re-installed.
>
> JesterDev
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don
> To: Fedora-List
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:36 PM
> Subject: How do I know when a reboot is required?
>
> With MS Windows, it seems a reboot is required after nearly
> every software update.
>
> One of the things I like about UNIX/Linux is the overall
> design of things such that reboots are not really part of the
> "problem resolution process".
>
> If I use up2date to get a new httpd update, after it's
> installed I restart the httpd daemon.... similar for sshd
> updates etc.
> For a kernel I reboot the whole machine....
>
> But, how do I know what needs to be restarted/rebooted when
> updates to things like cron or glibc are installed? To "be
> safe" I could always reboot the machine after installing
> updates, but that seems unnecessary and certainly unwanted.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Russell
>
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