[cobalt-users] Re: [RaQ3] cron.hourly

[Alex Thom <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I don't have access to a Raq3, but I do have access to a Raq2 and I
> administer numerous RedHat servers. I have never seen an entry in cron
> that would attempt to kill the DNS server with a signal 9 (essentially
> meaning kill NOW, no questions asked) on an hourly basis (or for any
> reason for that matter - why would you want the DNS server killed?).
> Maybe I'm wrong or just paranoid, but I'd be highly suspicious of such
> an entry.)

I seem to recall that later on in the script it restarted the DNS (but
without the script any more I cannot be sure).
Is there anything pressing that I should have in the cron.hourly if I have
to rebuild the script from scratch (It wasn't very long)?

Thanks

Alex Thom

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