Subject: Re: rc.d (Was Re: run levels (was Re: The new rc.d stuff...))
To: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/26/2000 00:29:23
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Aaron J. Grier wrote:

# On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 11:11:38AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
# 
# > The only real advantage of a metadaemon is it lets you automatically
# > restart daemons that crash, but in my opinion, that's a crock. You
# > should make sure the daemons don't crash in the first place. Sure
# > enough, under NetBSD and similar systems, it is very rare to see
# > daemons crash, but under AIX, it happened all the time...
# 
# ah, but is there a metametadaemon to make sure the metadaemon doesn't
# die?

Sounds like it's time to resurrect Robin Hood and Friar Tuck.

# ;)

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