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<DIV> 9.2 is old, 9.3 is new, you should upgrade.
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<DIV>Now, before you think I'm just being an ass, think for a minute about the
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<DIV>SUSE paradigm. SUSE Pro is an "enthusist" version. It is designed to
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<DIV>be upgraded every time something new comes out. People who want
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<DIV>a nice stable desktop are expected to go for Novell Linux Desktop.
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<DIV>People who want a nice stable server are expected to go for SUSE
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<DIV>Linux Enterprise Server.
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<DIV>Now that 9.3 is out, 9.2 is not given as careful attention regarding
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<DIV>security updates, so stability will be more and more of a concern.
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<DIV>I would *love* to be able to point you to a SUSE-like community
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<DIV>supported enterprise OS, but there just isn't a CentOS for SUSE.
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<DIV>In order to work within the paradigm, you need to upgrade.
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<DIV>As far as what could suddenly be causing problems, I generally find
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<DIV>that this sort of thing is caused by a new exploit making the rounds.
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<DIV>Long before you can get hacked by such a thing, you see system
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<DIV>instability. Right now, I'm seeing it with proftpd, but I have also
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<DIV>recently seen it with ssh and apache.
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<DIV>This also ignores any issues that may come from hardware that is
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<DIV>starting to flake out.
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<DIV>Good luck,
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<DIV><br><br><br>-- <br>-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP<br> morej@alliancetechnologies.net<br> 515-245-7701<br><br>>>>sthiessen@passitonservices.org 08/08/05 5:03 pm >>><br>I am running SUSE 9.2, I believe (Server's at the office and I'm at<br>home off today). My colleague called me up and said that the server<br>went down again.  It had been working for months with no problem and<br>then all of a sudden, it is acting a little more temperamental.  The<br>same is true for a client of ours who we helped set up something<br>similar to what we have. It worked for months with no problem, and then<br>all of a sudden, it is going down and then 20 days later, it is down<br>again.<br><br>Any thoughts what might be the problem?  I plan to investigate the logs<br>and such, but I am off today so I don't have access to them when<br>they're down (obviously). I will post what the logs say when I can get<br>to them tomorrow (unless I can figure it out myself).  I'm more<br>concerned with the seeming indication that it is becoming unstable.<br><br>I just know enough to get things setup and configure things and keep<br>them running but not enough to be an expert when things go wrong or<br>need more detailed fixing.  I would like to be, but haven't gotten<br>there yet. So, I thought I would check with you to see if you had<br>experienced anything similar and see if you had any suggestions on<br>troubleshooting tips for this kind of thing.<br><br>Both are being used as fileservers both as SFTP and Samba servers. Our<br>client's is also being used as an email server and a webmail server (I<br>know it is better to separate the fileserving and email functions, but<br>the client doesn't have the budget to separate the two functions at<br>this time).<br><br>One last question ... do you recommend that servers be restarted from<br>time to time?  If so, how often do you recommend that happen?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Stuart<br><br><br>Cialug mailing list<br>Cialug@cialug.org<br>http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug<br> </DIV>
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