On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 12:45 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Now this is my last question: > Can I be reasonably (say 90%) sure that the above command > will not stop the server running? No you can NOT and don't ever assume that. That's a mistake thinking that. > The problem is that the server is a long way away (in another country) > and I won't have any way of contacting it if it stops running. Wait and schedule a downtime window for it. That's the heart and soul of linux. That's playing in the devils den if it's a production machine. It's the same in one as the NSS libs on the machine. They break then you will have to install things by hand. RPM and Yum will not work period. If the machine in question has like a Fencing Device (like a drac card ) with an IP addy that's public then maybe (that is card dependent). John -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 490 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120526/7ce3da65/attachment-0005.sig>