On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Sam Drinkard <sam at wa4phy.net> wrote: > Hi Lanny, > Well, for the most part, I have all the security issues taken care of > w/r/t logins, ssh, no root logins, etc. Excellent! > My main problem is as I stated is > the fact that the co-lo site is somewhat difficult to get access to, however > if I call the office, someone will meet me at the place and let me in, and > give me all the time I need to do whatever is needed. For $25/mo, I doubt > seriously I could find another ISP that would let me have access to a DS-3 > line for said amount. It started out years ago, and I think the co-lo fee > now for a DS-3 service runs in excess of $250./mo, Colos are expensive. $25 is dirt cheap for a colo. If you ever get tired of the setup you have now, you can get a Refurbished box from olm.net (and probably a lot of other reputable companies) for $30+ a month, but it won't have Remote Reboot at that price. That's $5 a month extra. >so I put up with a bit of > inconvenience to retain a low fee for the location. As for the reboot > problem, I think it's related to the ACPI on the box, and at times, it will > remote reboot, but I don't usually risk it, and yes, while the kernel is > updated I don't immediately reboot after an update because of the chances > the box won't come back up. It's odd that it will work sometimes, but most > times I does not, and that dictates a trip downtown, or having one of the > ISP's staff yank power and repower the box. I'd considered replacing the > machine, but it's less than a year old, or perhaps maybe a tad older.. don't > have the install notes handy, but since the machine is my only mail server > and the only way I have to send/receive mail, that makes it a very critical > operation. I do have some weather related web pages that are served by it, > but for the most part, it's a low volume server. Believe me, if I had the > $$ to install a more reliable box there, I'd do it it a heartbeat. I'd also > considered moving the server here at home downtown, but then that move would > create a whole set of new problems I just don't want to deal with. If I can > keep things running regardless of what version of kernel is currently > running, and there are no problems w/r/t the actual serving of web pages or > mail, that is the ultimate goal. Current uptime is something over 150 days, > and I have no clue what /when the last reboot took place. It just works... > which I'm very happy to state. Sounds like the box is extremely reliable. Are you sure it is not their Remote Reboot that is not working properly on your box? > Given all the various aspects of the server, the physical site situations, > and the factors of money, I detest change as long as stuff works as > advertised! My favorite motto is "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix > it"... lol. I know I need to get myself up to speed w/r/t yum and the > various repos. I do have the priorities plugins installed, but I"m not 100% > sure that it is configured right, just as the protect base stuff. You are not using both Priorities and Protect Base are you? Use one or the other, preferably Priorities. <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-June/101142.html> <snip> > I'll definitely check out the links you provided and see what I can glean > from them. I'm not the young buck I used to be, and it takes me some time > for new ideas and such to finally take hold. The inner workings of an OS is > not for the faint of mind like me, and yeah, there are some 60 year olds > that still are making inroads to technology, I am, unfortunately not one of > them, but I just try to stay semi-current with whatever the issue happens to > be. It's just not fun getting old... and it creates a big problem at > times.. Also 60+ here. I got my Novice license in 1955. 73, Lanny, HK5MDT