Daily Archives: August 9, 2007

Cutover complete

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

The old box is shut down, hopefully never to be turned on again, and the new box is up and running with nearly all the old functionality. It’s very quiet in this office with that old beast off. As well … Continue reading →

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More ubuntu weirdness

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Paul Tomblin

Ubuntu is set up to use anacron, but the /etc/crontab is set up to not run the /etc/cron.daily stuff if anacron is installed by surrounding the normal “run-parts /etc/cron.daily” with “test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ()”. Which is unnecessary because there … Continue reading →

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