From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 15:02:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374AF16A41F for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:02:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: from sanddollar.geekisp.com (sanddollar.geekisp.com [204.89.131.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C63043D75 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:02:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from njt@ayvali.org) Received: (qmail 819 invoked by uid 1003); 2 Dec 2005 15:02:15 -0000 Received: from clam.int.geekisp.com (HELO clam.geekisp.com) (192.168.4.38) by mail.geekisp.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 2 Dec 2005 15:02:15 -0000 Received: from clam.geekisp.com (njt@localhost.geekisp.com [127.0.0.1]) by clam.geekisp.com (8.13.3/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jB2F2Fk9007576 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:02:15 -0500 (EST) Received: (from njt@localhost) by clam.geekisp.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id jB2F2Eau014551 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:02:14 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: clam.geekisp.com: njt set sender to njt@ayvali.org using -f Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:02:14 -0500 From: "N.J. Thomas" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20051202150214.GG8773@ayvali.org> References: <58486.38.112.155.126.1133534024.squirrel@www.keyslapper.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <58486.38.112.155.126.1133534024.squirrel@www.keyslapper.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Subject: Re: Uptimes, autoreboots, and package upgrades 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: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:02:21 -0000 * Louis J. LeBlanc [2005-12-02 09:33:44 -0500]: > So, I know restarting is important on occasion, but my real questions > are: Does anyone use a crontab reboot to make sure their system(s) get > a regular fresh start? If so, how often - weekly, montly, bi-monthly? I think system upgrades should always be done manually, since any change could potentially corrupt an otherwise perfectly running machine. Manually, one can do a quick sanity check to make sure the upgrade went okay, and back out if it didn't. IIRC, on Windows machines the default setting is to automatically download and install OS updates, and this has only caused problems for everyone involved. I don't know any moderately competent Windows user who doesn't turn this feature off right away. Thomas -- N.J. Thomas njt@ayvali.org Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo