From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 17:13:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0EC16A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:13:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79E8743D3F for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:13:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 77120 invoked by uid 110); 21 Aug 2004 17:13:35 -0000 Received: from ool-18baaf5c.dyn.optonline.net (HELO win2kpc1) (simon%optinet.com@24.186.175.92) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 21 Aug 2004 17:13:35 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "Andrew McNaughton" , "FreeBSD-ISP List" Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:16:47 -0400 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2661) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: <20040822011355.V1573@a2.scoop.co.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20040821171337.79E8743D3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: reboot without forking X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:13:38 -0000 Why are you running out of resources? have you considered enforcing limits so the problem doesn't arise to begin with? -Simon On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:58:05 +1200 (NZST), Andrew McNaughton wrote: > >Is there some sort of server I can run so that I can reboot a server in a >situation where there are not available resources for forking? > >Best option I've got at present is to leave a ssh session running with a >root shell. Seems I can get a reboot using `exec reboot` even when I >can't fork. > >Andrew > >-- > >No added Sugar. Not tested on animals. May contain traces of Nuts. If >irritation occurs, discontinue use. > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Andrew McNaughton Living in a shack in Tasmania >andrew@scoop.co.nz Between the bush and the sea > >Mobile: +61 422 753 792 http://staff.scoop.co.nz/andrew/cv.doc > http://www.scoop.co.nz/ > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >