Comments on: A simple nanny script in Python http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/ Made with only the finest 1's and 0's Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Félim Whiteley http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Félim Whiteley Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:22:56 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/#comment-267 Ah so it is :) Cheers ! Ah so it is :) Cheers !

]]> By: m0j0 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-260 m0j0 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:30:17 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/#comment-260 My bad. Try it again. I apparently used Drupal's Project module incorrectly when trying to make that available. It's fixed now. My bad. Try it again. I apparently used Drupal’s Project module incorrectly when trying to make that available. It’s fixed now.

]]> By: Félim Whiteley http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Félim Whiteley Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:13 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/#comment-259 Eh I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong but I don't seem to see it on the download page... unless both Konq and Firefox are playing up on me ?? Eh I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong but I don’t seem to see it on the download page… unless both Konq and Firefox are playing up on me ??

]]> By: Ycros http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Ycros Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:12:28 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/#comment-266 Give Monit (http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/) a whirl, I set it up a few days ago on my server, only took me 5 minutes to work out how to use it and it works great. Give Monit (http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/) a whirl, I set it up a few days ago on my server, only took me 5 minutes to work out how to use it and it works great.

]]> By: m0j0 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/comment-page-1/#comment-265 m0j0 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:15:06 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2008/03/29/a-simple-nanny-script-in-python/#comment-265 I *might* consider running a small, non-resource-intensive, non-production daemon out of inittab, but generally I try to avoid running daemons out of inittab if I can help it, and generally it's not hard to avoid. I know there are apps (even large commercial ones) that *recommend* this practice, but I think there needs to be one of those "...Considered Harmful" articles written about that. I don't profess to know that it's a bad idea *always*, but I've seen it cause as many problems as it solves. If you've done this a lot without issue, congratulations, but when you have issues, you'll understand precisely what I'm talking about :-) Of course, the problem with any solution that seeks to restart failed daemons in an automated way at all is that it has a tendency to put off the debugging process indefinitely, which is bad. In my case, though, I'm just looking to keep something running until some support goon gets around to fixing the issue. I *might* consider running a small, non-resource-intensive, non-production daemon out of inittab, but generally I try to avoid running daemons out of inittab if I can help it, and generally it’s not hard to avoid. I know there are apps (even large commercial ones) that *recommend* this practice, but I think there needs to be one of those “…Considered Harmful” articles written about that. I don’t profess to know that it’s a bad idea *always*, but I’ve seen it cause as many problems as it solves. If you’ve done this a lot without issue, congratulations, but when you have issues, you’ll understand precisely what I’m talking about :-)

Of course, the problem with any solution that seeks to restart failed daemons in an automated way at all is that it has a tendency to put off the debugging process indefinitely, which is bad. In my case, though, I’m just looking to keep something running until some support goon gets around to fixing the issue.

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