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

[Robert Brownback <bobski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might need someone more experienced with Raq3's to answer this.
Personally, I've not seen any scripts in cron.hourly unless the server
was running INN or it was something I specifically put there.

It would, to me, be a quirky arrangement to periodically kill the DNS
server and restart it. A normal configuration shouldn't require this.

My paranoia sets in when considering the latest BIND exploits. The fact
that the script self destructed when edited would certainly raise my
antennae. But then, I'm no expert on Raq3's, I may be wrong and it is
just a quirky configuration. If someone out there knows better, I'll
stand corrected.


On 02 Apr 2001 16:02:10 +0100, Alex Thom wrote:
> > 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
> 
> PS Sorry if this comes out as a new thread, but I'm not sure how to post a
> reply to an existing message from the digest
> 
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