From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 00:19:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CADF1065691 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from angel.comcen.com.au (angel.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA018FC18 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (unknown [202.172.126.254]) by angel.comcen.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9477B5C2F115 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:08:52 +1100 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <20081008223925.GB97321@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:09:50 +1000 Message-Id: <1223510990.12779.11.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 9477B5C2F115.1FB8E X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0.1, required 3, RDNS_NONE 0.10) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: uptime 2 years! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:19:29 -0000 On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 22:47 +0000, Duane Hill wrote: > On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Frank Shute wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the > >> past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2 > >> years tomorrow. I plan on putting on my blog but as it doesn't have > >> much reach but wanted to share with you since your community has made > >> this possible. Please indicate where I could post this to have a bit > >> more reach or if you'd like to put a link to my blog, I'd be more than > >> happy to provide that. > >> > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> > > > > Sorry to rain on your parade: > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2008-October/005719.html > > Uptime over seven(7) years? Must be behind some firewall and not have to > worry about (what someone else has stated) kernel or userland updates. I believe there is at least 2 ways to achieve this without a security risk: 1. The updates were completed without rebooting (ie hot swapping the kernel). 2. The system was behind a firewall and not used for anything except maybe backups and/or file server. I know of an old system that ran for 3 1/2 years like this- name: Mother.