[clug] very FAT linux filesystems or cluster pixes?

[Steve Walsh]

Scott Ferguson wrote:
> Good idea. So was the fstab.php suggested by moncojhr.
>
> The smaller accounts don't have the advanced tab (where cron lives), but
> I'm guessing they all run same way as they all exhibit the same double
> space phenomena...
> Note: none of these accounts pay for the extra backup service the
> hosting company sells (I find ftp more reliable).
>
> cron job "cat /etc/fstab > ~/fstab_output" gives:-
>
> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 1
> LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
> devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /var/tmptmp /tmp ext2 loop,noexec,nosuid,rw 0 0
> //data1.companynamewashere/servername /backups cifs
> uid=root,credentials=/dumbplace/toputplaintextpwdwotswrongwithmd5 cifspw
> 0 0
>
> Note: I've slightly formatted and somewhat edited the output. As
> previously stated, hosting is outside my knowledge area... though samba
> for backups (with apologies to the Samba crew) if just um, different -
> my only experience with commercial backups was where https used (very
> fast, simple, and stable).
>   

that's probably a network attached storage unit, a lot of those will 
share as CIFS out of the box.

> From an industry perspective Steve is this standard? Does it make sense?
>   

running quota on / is certainly interesting, rather than a seperate 
/home/, but they probably have a reason for it. My guess is they've just 
stuck a bog standard "click next until it asks for a reboot" centos 
install on the box, installed cpanel, and are just letting it tick over. 
That, sadly, seems to be the "industry standard" for most hosting 
providers who buy a box with a free panel included.

> uname -r yields 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5PAE
> cat /etc/issue yields CentOS release 5.2 (Final) Kernel \r on an \m
>   

ok...well...they obviously have an allergy to 'yum update', or their 
cpanel licence renewal got lost in the post, but as above, it's about 
normal.


-- 
--==--
Steve Walsh, RHCE
Some random guy who does things with linux and conference networks