[ubuntu-uk] Routine Admin...

[Mark Harrison]

Thanks to all who've replied.

The apticron package that Alan recommends looks just the ticket!

Regards,

Mark



Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:27:40AM +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
>   
>> - how often do you run apt*
>>     
>
> On servers I install apticron which emails me automagically when updates are 
> available. I also use apt-listchanges to let me know what has changed in 
> those packages. 
>
>   
>> - do you rely on the file system itself to manage disk fragmentation, or 
>> are there specific tools you use
>>     
>
> General consensus is that so long as the filesystem isn't very full, you 
> don't need to bother with defragging.
>
>   
>> - do you rely Apache to manage its own logs, or do you prune old ones 
>> (how often)
>>
>>     
>
> I use logrotate to automatically gzip and rotate logs.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.