From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 04:15:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C3837B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 04:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from apache.metrocom.ru (apache.metrocom.ru [195.5.128.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B09C43FEA for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 04:15:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@metrocom.ru) Received: from apache (apache [195.5.128.150]) by apache.metrocom.ru (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5PBFHmm011585; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:15:17 +0400 (MSD) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:15:17 +0400 (MSD) From: Varshavchick Alexander To: Paul Robinson In-Reply-To: <20030625102716.GE34365@iconoplex.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=2.5 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,USER_AGENT_PINE version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Lev Walkin Subject: Re: How to delete unix socket entries X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:15:24 -0000 On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Paul Robinson wrote: > Terry has already given the answer - I didn't get your "I tried rm'ing the > file but it's not there" mail until this morning. Reboot the machine. People > are always so hesitant to reboot machines, when in fact uptimes of 500 days > just means you're a bad sysadming. Returning your machine to a known state > is always good thing to do - especially in your case. :-) > > -- > Paul Robinson > Paul, let me disagree with you about the attitude towards rebooting server as means of curing anything wrong there and "returning your machine to a known state". First of all, this is a production server and downtimes are less than desirable there. And the principal part of it, the _GOOD_ operational system is always (or anyways must be) in a "known state" using your terms, and surely FreeBSD can be considered to belong to them. Rebooting a server to make it work gets M$ Windows to mind... ---- Alexander Varshavchick, Metrocom Joint Stock Company Phone: (812)118-3322, 118-3115(fax)