Why doesn't the system have the smarts to not hose my fstab file?
It doesn't. It leaves a new one in/etc/._cfg0000_fstab which you can diff (if you want) with the current one.
As for config file formats, I just restart any daemon that I have upgraded, and check that it works fine - I don't like to wait until the next reboot/power failure to find out.
Yep, same experience here. I really really wish that people would let talented techies decide what is best. Brr. The memory of applying lots of patches to NT IIS boxes over VNC.
Debian is offering the "must work" (as opposed to "just work
I run Gentoo on most of my servers; x86, x64, and sparc64. I have yet to have a problem with a daemon crashing/segfaulting unexpectedly after an upgrade. In fact, I don't think that I've had any problems at all with it. Sure, if you script emerge -u world in a cronjob each night, you're likely to have problems. But if you just monitor the Gentoo alerts with glsa-check -l | grep '\[N\]' (why don't they make that any option?), update them as they come out, and only update other software when you need to, it's as stable as can be. I don't see why anyone assumes that a binary I produce on my Gentoo server will be less "stable" than one produced by Debian.deb maintainers. Same source, same GCC, same glibc, etc.
(Disclaimer: I don't use any wierd GCC flags - stick with the ones from the CD)
cars would suddenly slow down at odd spots in the road. They would then accelerate like mad a quarter mile later
Imagine, if you will, a fiendish system that records your number plate and time at the start of your journey, and records the time when you arrive at your destination. If you have done the 120 miles between London and Bristol in anything less than the time it would take at 70mph, that means you've been speeding.
Only you don't have to imagine it. It's here.
Actually, it doesn't do anything on Gentoo 2.6 on AMD64. I'm sure it used to in the 2.4 days. Instant hard lock. Although, thinking about it - it might be part of the GRSec restriction I have compiled into the kernel - to disallow things from writing to/dev/kmem.
Funny lad(y?) that one. Met him at a Bristol LUG meeting once. Shevek was his name.
Do you remember the guy that stood up and asked RMS what he would say to convince a boss of a corporation if he only had 1 minute in a lift with him?
Hands up those of you who think this will be nice and secure, and won't have any flaws. Hands up, all of you - cmon, I can't see any hands up.
The best thing they could do is run it on a different port, so that (with correct firewalling) it would only be accessible from the company admin ranges.
I don't know. I've been to other parts of the former Soviet Union, and I find that they had excellent healthcare, education, and a general standard of life under the USSR. Of course, there were downsides - but it all comes down to quality of life at the end of the day, and Russian beer, Russian people, and Russian girls go a long way towards it.:)
Let me guess - you're American/Canadian. You don't get "cellphones" or mobiles as we call them. You don't think about the Chinese/Indian market. IPv6 is big. If you guys aren't interested, then you'll lose out. Get involved now - get a start on the competition.
I pay £25 per month for 512k ADSL - purely because the ISP has newsgroups, and all the alt.binaries. If they change it, I will look around for another. I know I can get 512 for £16 or so, but I am voting with my wallet.
That used to be my sig - but I thought I was the first to join the two sayings together in a contradictory way. Like "Many hands make light work, but too many cooks spoil the broth."
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They should start a SourceForge project - we'll all chip in, and send patches and code, won't we campers? Here's my contribution:
Who's next?It doesn't. It leaves a new one in /etc/._cfg0000_fstab which you can diff (if you want) with the current one.
As for config file formats, I just restart any daemon that I have upgraded, and check that it works fine - I don't like to wait until the next reboot/power failure to find out.
You don't know me...
Yep, same experience here. I really really wish that people would let talented techies decide what is best. Brr. The memory of applying lots of patches to NT IIS boxes over VNC.
Not being cynical, or anything, but who did they buy that off, then?
I run Gentoo on most of my servers; x86, x64, and sparc64. I have yet to have a problem with a daemon crashing/segfaulting unexpectedly after an upgrade. In fact, I don't think that I've had any problems at all with it. Sure, if you script emerge -u world in a cronjob each night, you're likely to have problems. But if you just monitor the Gentoo alerts with glsa-check -l | grep '\[N\]' (why don't they make that any option?), update them as they come out, and only update other software when you need to, it's as stable as can be. I don't see why anyone assumes that a binary I produce on my Gentoo server will be less "stable" than one produced by Debian .deb maintainers. Same source, same GCC, same glibc, etc.
(Disclaimer: I don't use any wierd GCC flags - stick with the ones from the CD)
Imagine, if you will, a fiendish system that records your number plate and time at the start of your journey, and records the time when you arrive at your destination. If you have done the 120 miles between London and Bristol in anything less than the time it would take at 70mph, that means you've been speeding.
Only you don't have to imagine it. It's here.
Yes. Imagine that. It would suck, wouldn't it. Whatever happened to quality of life.
Nope, didn't choose that option.
as root.
Funny lad(y?) that one. Met him at a Bristol LUG meeting once. Shevek was his name.
Do you remember the guy that stood up and asked RMS what he would say to convince a boss of a corporation if he only had 1 minute in a lift with him?
Hands up those of you who think this will be nice and secure, and won't have any flaws. Hands up, all of you - cmon, I can't see any hands up.
The best thing they could do is run it on a different port, so that (with correct firewalling) it would only be accessible from the company admin ranges.
I don't know. I've been to other parts of the former Soviet Union, and I find that they had excellent healthcare, education, and a general standard of life under the USSR. Of course, there were downsides - but it all comes down to quality of life at the end of the day, and Russian beer, Russian people, and Russian girls go a long way towards it. :)
What is it? I've heard of Chucky Egg, but not Chuck E Cheese.
Hmm. I was there too. You were the gothic guy in the corset, right? :) Mr Stallman in full flow
Wow - I like this pic: sj9.jpg. Anyone got a larger version of it?
I never went as far as Almaty - I just stayed in the North, close to the safety of the Russian and Chineses borders. :) Ust-Kamenogorosk.
This is one of the simpler intros to Multicast that I could find.
Even better: root@224.0.0.1.
I didn't want them until I had used them.
Let me guess - you're American/Canadian. You don't get "cellphones" or mobiles as we call them. You don't think about the Chinese/Indian market. IPv6 is big. If you guys aren't interested, then you'll lose out. Get involved now - get a start on the competition.
But when is Slashdot going to get some IPv6?
Call themselves a site for geeks?
I pay £25 per month for 512k ADSL - purely because the ISP has newsgroups, and all the alt.binaries. If they change it, I will look around for another. I know I can get 512 for £16 or so, but I am voting with my wallet.
That used to be my sig - but I thought I was the first to join the two sayings together in a contradictory way. Like "Many hands make light work, but too many cooks spoil the broth."