[ubuntu-us-ma] OnSite Inspection Was: server down at SETC

[John Mahoney]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:03 AM, leftyfb <leftyfb at left-click.org> wrote:
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> Ok, it ended up that I was able to get down to the SETC around 8pm tonight.
> (sorry Martin, wasn't sure if/when I was able to show up)
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> Martin was right though, the machine has been up for 77 days and was
> providing it's assigned services just fine. Upon further inspection, it
> seems the public RCN IP address had changed which obviously prevented us
> from connecting to it remotely.
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> I have updated the backup scripts to reflect the new IP as well as
> implemented a cron job to check for a change in IP and it to email
> Martin and myself of any changes.
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Why not set up dyndns on the box?  It is free and will update when
address changes.