[SATLUG] auto-reboot server

[Alex Bartonek]

ooh!! good one.. thanks Channing!


--- Channing <Channing.ML at channingc.com> wrote:

> Here you go...
> 
> *    wget* -q -O - http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | perl
> -nle 'print for 
> /Address: ([^<]*)/'
> 
> I snarfed this from the web a few minutes ago.  I
> had the same situation 
> this past weekend when RR decided to reassign IPs
> Saturday morning.
> 
> Channing
> 
> Alex Bartonek wrote:
> > after talkin to Al....
> >
> > service network restart
> >
> > lol..I'll try that before the whole reboot thing.
> >
> > Is there a way to get your IP that the outside
> world
> > sees?  (whatismyip.com) All from a command line?
> >
> >
> > --- Alex Bartonek <bartonekdragracing at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Well my server is down at the house.  I get the
> 'I'm
> >> alive' emails every few hrs so I know its
> running. 
> >> Havent had any.. Is there another server?  Is it
> >> cheating... ok, seriously..
> >>
> >> So it doesnt have internet access.  This is a
> >> physical
> >> machine now instead of a VMWare session (bought a
> >> cheap $5 733mhz computer on base).  I know its
> >> powered
> >> on because I saw it this morning..but maybe a
> reboot
> >> would fix it.
> >>
> >> Simple cron job running as root to:
> >>
> >> 1.  ping the outside world (yahoo.com or
> whatever)
> >> 2.  If #1 fails then call reboot_it.sh, else exit
> >>
> >> reboot_it.sh:
> >> 1.  read file generated from #2 #3 below (there
> will
> >> be dummy text files created when I initially
> design
> >> this) to see if we've rebooted already today.  If
> so
> >> theres no need to reboot again because there is a
> >> problem that a reboot cant fix.
> >> 2.  write a keyword into a text file like
> "rebooted"
> >> 3.  write current date time to txt file
> >> 4.  init 6
> >>
> >>
> >> Anything I'm missing?  Confusing as hell?
> >>
> >> -Alex
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >>
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