On Fri Oct 20, 2000 at 03:19:00PM +0300, turgut kalfaoglu wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 14:45:33 -0400, Bill Shirley wrote: > >rm -Rf /var/log/news /var/log/mail > >mkdir -m 755 /var/log/news /var/log/mail > > Many thanks Bill and others for helping out! > Two servers are now happy, with a cron job > to delete all files from the mail and news directories. You really don't want to do this... There is no need to make a cron job to do this if you upgrade to the latest logrotate and sysklogd from updates. > Of course, that is not a cure; does anyone know how > servers without X can use MandrakeUpdate, or how > else can I patch these servers? Yeah, use an ftp client (ncftp, etc.) and connect to a mirror, download the updates, then run "rpm -Fvh *.rpm" and upgrade the packages. Very easy. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net // Danen Consulting Services www.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org // MandrakeSoft, Inc. www.linux-mandrake.com 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD Current Linux uptime: 3 days 10 hours 27 minutes.
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