Grex Summer Conference

Item 4: Grex System Problems - Spring/Summer 2015

Entered by cfadm on Thu Jun 4 12:44:07 2015:

This item is for system problems.  If something on Grex isn't working
right (weird behavior from a program, etc.), this is the place to
announce it.  Except for security holes.  If you find a hole in system
security, mail information about it directly to "staff".
16 responses total.
#1 of 16 by kentn on Sat Jun 13 22:05:40 2015:

This operating system doesn't work right.  It has a bug which causes
it to lock up.  Hopefully we can get it replaced soon so we don't have
to deal with any more downtime.  Not having to reboot it would be
nice, and would help staff not have to babysit the system so much.

#2 of 16 by tod on Sun Jun 14 16:57:00 2015:

How often are reboots required?

#3 of 16 by kentn on Mon Jun 15 12:14:15 2015:

Usually about once a month, but in June we've rebooted twice already.

#4 of 16 by bellstar on Fri Nov 6 07:11:25 2015:

> OpenSSH_5.9, OpenSSL 1.0.0a 1 Jun 2010

That's ancient. Just saying.

#5 of 16 by kentn on Fri Nov 6 13:44:27 2015:

You're preaching to the choir, I'm afraid.

#6 of 16 by bellstar on Sat Nov 7 04:38:30 2015:

I'm unaware of Grex's internal politics. I remember mentions of wanting to
move to FreeBSD. That would make upgrades almost painless. I have no idea how
OpenBSD works.

Also no idea if there's enough motivation for admins to bother with moving.

#7 of 16 by cross on Sat Nov 7 20:57:03 2015:

It's not really motivation. It's more about time.

#8 of 16 by bellstar on Sat Nov 7 21:37:10 2015:

I see. Well, nothing critical is happening on Grex so I guess there isn't much
pressure either.

Thanks.

#9 of 16 by walkman on Tue Nov 10 16:54:11 2015:

"nothing critical is happening on Grex"

!

LOL

#10 of 16 by merkin on Sat Nov 14 20:42:14 2015:

resp:6
@bellstar: "I have no idea how OpenBSD works."

There is 6 monthly release cycle, so we have now OpenBSD 5.8, the update
is done step by step from Release to New Release 5.0 [grex] -> 5.1 -
>... -> 5.8 -> ... etc. You can't do big leap from 5.0 to 5.8.
And that is related to GENERIC kernel without any special 'improvements'
in internals.

So according to my little knowledge about grex history [and Ann Arbor],
FreeBSD [as particular version] is great solution in long term
maintenance perspective.

#11 of 16 by bellstar on Sat Nov 28 00:07:23 2015:

Re #10:

Thanks for the explanation. Methinks FreeBSD is nice, too.

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Re #9:

Are critical things happening on Grex? Tell me.

#12 of 16 by cross on Mon Nov 30 02:54:29 2015:

resp:11 Nope. I think walkman's response was vigorous agreement.

#13 of 16 by bellstar on Mon Nov 30 10:48:12 2015:

Heh. Okay.

#14 of 16 by walkman on Tue Dec 1 16:19:38 2015:

#13 sarcasm on #9 (meaning: nothing is critical/are you kidding?)

Then again, "critical" might be relevant.

#15 of 16 by walkman on Tue Dec 1 16:20:02 2015:

relative! ha

#16 of 16 by dcornett on Tue Dec 1 16:39:25 2015:

FreeBSD is where its at! It's my favorite. It's rock solid and it works great
and its easy to use.

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