Re: A true story of a crash.

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:16:15 -0400


Ian and Iris <brooke@mail.jump.net> said:

[...]

> This seems both awkward and ill-concieved. We want the computer to stay
> up. If processes start falling asleep for no apparent reason, it it as if
> the machine was locked up anyway. Also, root would need some way to know
> (from halfway across the world) that this problem existed, and be able to
> fix it with ease.

The make it configurable: For a "local admin" put processes to sleep. For a
machine with "remote admin", reboot.

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