"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > > Here is the lowdown from slashdot. It appears that the uptime of an > out-of-the-box RedHat 7 machine can be no more than 3 weeks without the > subsequently released fix. > > Herz writes: "I got this email today from Red Hat. RH7 will crash out of the > box in 3 weeks! The new Update Agent provided with Red Hat Linux 7.0 > contains a daemon, rhnsd, which periodically polls Red Hat Network for > updates. This daemon leaks file descriptors. On a default installation, all > available file descriptors will be used by rhnsd in approximately three > weeks, making the system unusable." The Red Hat folks have also provided a > fix, though -- updated packages for those who want to use their update > network, and the two-line method of disabling per machine for those who > don't. After all, everyone wants uptime > 3 weeks, eh? And you don't need to > wait for a "service pack," either. > > Need I say more? What if you didn't install the auto update bullshiz? ;) 2:00pm up 5 days, 18:29, 2 users, load average: 1.38, 1.21, 1.11 Hmmm, I haven't played counterstrike in too long... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org