[Gllug] Question

[Adam Bower]

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:47:28PM +0100, John Hearns wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 11:44, Neil Fryer wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Just a question, I need to change the IP addy of a server at our hosting
> > centre, which is about 1.5 hours away from the office, and I am not in the
> 
> A general tip, which might be useful to many people,
> is that Unix commands can be separated by semicolons.
> 
> So if you are working remotely, you can execute a series of commands one
> after the other, and ensure that they will all be run, for example:
> echo "Hello" ; echo "there"
> 
> This is useful for working on firewalls, and in other situations.

Another useful tip for working on kit is to kick off a reboot some time in the
future (3 minutes after you plan to finish making changes) so that when you do
lock yourself out you should only have to wait a few minutes for your kit to
reboot and come back online. Of course this is only useful on kit that will
allow you to cancel an already running shutdown...

Adam
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