"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > > Here is the lowdown from slashdot. It appears that the uptime of an > out-of-the-box RedHat 7 machine can be no more than 3 weeks without the > subsequently released fix. > > Herz writes: "I got this email today from Red Hat. RH7 will crash out of the > box in 3 weeks! The new Update Agent provided with Red Hat Linux 7.0 > contains a daemon, rhnsd, which periodically polls Red Hat Network for > updates. This daemon leaks file descriptors. On a default installation, all > available file descriptors will be used by rhnsd in approximately three > weeks, making the system unusable." The Red Hat folks have also provided a > fix, though -- updated packages for those who want to use their update > network, and the two-line method of disabling per machine for those who > don't. After all, everyone wants uptime > 3 weeks, eh? And you don't need to > wait for a "service pack," either. > > Need I say more? > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy at veldy.net > RedHat has finally acheived feature parity with Microsoft... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org