[LON-CAPA-admin] misc questions

[Guy Albertelli II]

Hi Lars,

> (1) Is yum remove the recommended way to use to remove software from the
>     server, rather than rpm -e ?

Yep, as it will let you know about and attempt to remove all
dependencies.

> (2) Is there any special advantages using the ntp daemon for keeping the
>     correct time over simply running something like ntpdate with a cron
>     job once an hour? Using ntpdate has the advantage that one can keet
>     the ntp port (123) closed.

Well a more correct clock would be the main advantage to running the
daemon instead of running ntpdate every once in a while.

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guy at albertelli.com  LON-CAPA Developer  0-7-3-2-