Mark Harrison wrote: > Hi all, > > This question is particularly aimed at server admin, but > desktop-specifics would be good. > > If you're running an Ubuntu box, what "routine admin" do you perform.... > > - how often do you run apt* > I run the apt update automagically every week. > - do you rely on the file system itself to manage disk fragmentation, or > are there specific tools you use > Theres no real need to do this since http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting > - do you rely Apache to manage its own logs, or do you prune old ones > (how often) > SyslogD and Cron should do the pruning but you might want to run a scheduled grep to seek key phrases and move those logs for later inspection I assume your sending all logs to one central log server ?
> ... and so on, and so on. > Yes theres lots some intuitive, some process driven, all planned and considered. I guess it comes down to personality and mind set as to the approach though. Nik -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/