Joe Sloan wrote:
Robert Smits wrote:
On December 22, 2007 06:00:53 pm James Knott wrote:
About the only thing in Linux that requires a reboot is a kernel
update. However, some configuration changes may require restarting some
service.
Yes. For example, tonight I changed the address of the ai
Jerry Houston wrote:
Regarding my problems getting scheduled backups (defined using YaST) to run:
I read another description of scheduling backups in yet another of my
SuSE Linux books, and came across some very non-obvious requirements in
the notes there. I'll point them out here, in case anyo
Jerry Houston wrote:
Joe Sloan wrote:
My first reaction on seeing advice to reboot is to think "what idiot
wrote this" but I will for the time being withhold judgement until I can
find a copy of that and read the context. If my first impression is
correct though, it wouldn't be the first time so
Robert Smits wrote:
On December 22, 2007 06:00:53 pm James Knott wrote:
About the only thing in Linux that requires a reboot is a kernel
update. However, some configuration changes may require restarting some
service.
Yes. For example, tonight I changed the address of the airport I get weat
Robert Smits wrote:
> On December 22, 2007 06:00:53 pm James Knott wrote:
>
>
>> About the only thing in Linux that requires a reboot is a kernel
>> update. However, some configuration changes may require restarting some
>> service.
>>
>>
>
> Yes. For example, tonight I changed the address
Robert Smits wrote:
> On December 22, 2007 06:00:53 pm James Knott wrote:
>
>> About the only thing in Linux that requires a reboot is a kernel
>> update. However, some configuration changes may require restarting some
>> service.
>>
>
> Yes. For example, tonight I changed the address of the air
On December 22, 2007 06:00:53 pm James Knott wrote:
>
> About the only thing in Linux that requires a reboot is a kernel
> update. However, some configuration changes may require restarting some
> service.
>
Yes. For example, tonight I changed the address of the airport I get weather
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The Saturday 2007-12-22 at 19:50 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 22 December 2007 19:43:50 Jerry Houston wrote:
(1) SHOULD I be able to run crontab as a standard user? Do I need to
add my user account to a specific group in order to b
James Knott pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> Jerry Houston wrote:
>> Joe Sloan wrote:
>>
>>> My first reaction on seeing advice to reboot is to think "what idiot
>>> wrote this" but I will for the time being withhold judgement until I can
>>> find a copy of that and read the context. If my fi
Jerry Houston wrote:
> Joe Sloan wrote:
>>> "You'll need to reboot your system for the new scheduling to take
>>> effect."
>>>
>>
>> Yeah that just sounds completely insane. Can you tell me, did the
>> book say to schedule the task with cron?
>>
>
> No. I think I mentioned earlier that I used
Joe Sloan wrote:
>> "You'll need to reboot your system for the new scheduling to take
>> effect."
>>
>
>
> Yeah that just sounds completely insane. Can you tell me, did the book
> say to schedule the task with cron?
>
No. I think I mentioned earlier that I used the YaST System Backup
modu
Jerry Houston wrote:
> Joe Sloan wrote:
>
>> My first reaction on seeing advice to reboot is to think "what idiot
>> wrote this" but I will for the time being withhold judgement until I can
>> find a copy of that and read the context. If my first impression is
>> correct though, it wouldn't be t
Jerry Houston wrote:
> The exact quote on that page, following the section on setting up an
> automated backup, is:
>
> "You'll need to reboot your system for the new scheduling to take
> effect."
Yeah that just sounds completely insane. Can you tell me, did the book
say to schedule the ta
Joe Sloan wrote:
> My first reaction on seeing advice to reboot is to think "what idiot
> wrote this" but I will for the time being withhold judgement until I can
> find a copy of that and read the context. If my first impression is
> correct though, it wouldn't be the first time some well meaning
Jerry Houston wrote:
> Joe Sloan wrote:
>>> Also, after scheduling the backup(s), one must restart the computer.
>>> Nowhere else did I see any indication of that requirement.
>>>
>> Eh? I doubt that. I can't envision any possible scenario where such an
>> action would require a linux reboot.
Joe Sloan wrote:
>> Also, after scheduling the backup(s), one must restart the computer.
>> Nowhere else did I see any indication of that requirement.
>>
>
> Eh? I doubt that. I can't envision any possible scenario where such an
> action would require a linux reboot. Perhaps someone cut and p
Jerry Houston wrote:
> Regarding my problems getting scheduled backups (defined using YaST) to run:
>
> I read another description of scheduling backups in yet another of my
> SuSE Linux books, and came across some very non-obvious requirements in
> the notes there. I'll point them out here, in c
Jerry Houston pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> Regarding my problems getting scheduled backups (defined using YaST) to run:
>
> I read another description of scheduling backups in yet another of my
> SuSE Linux books, and came across some very non-obvious requirements in
> the notes there. I'l
Regarding my problems getting scheduled backups (defined using YaST) to run:
I read another description of scheduling backups in yet another of my
SuSE Linux books, and came across some very non-obvious requirements in
the notes there. I'll point them out here, in case anyone else is in
the same
On Saturday 22 December 2007 19:43:50 Jerry Houston wrote:
> (1) SHOULD I be able to run crontab as a standard user? Do I need to
> add my user account to a specific group in order to be able to do that?
Yes you should. If you run crontab -e as a normal user, it should let you edit
the crontab f
I'm still having issues with scheduling backups, and I resolved to get
them settled today. I could sure use some advice.
To summarize: I've gone through the motions to set up two kinds of
backups using YaST. One is a full system backup that I'd like to
schedule for once a week (and also run it
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