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Is the wetware interface a common problem?

  • 27-11-2019 10:58AM
    #1
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Is it common that an IT Manager can't troubleshoot a problem on a CentOS 7 VM or any Linux distro for that matter? I mean, yes I'd prefer to spend most of my time developing Software. I've always thought it best however, to understand how my OS works even at a basic level and be able to fix it.

    I just encountered an IT Manager who needed a freelancer fix an issue where yum wasn't working on their CentOS vm. Essentially, yum broke with an update and they hadn't been maintaining snapshots. I couldn't roll it back to a previous working version and I was in no form to start fixing a ton of **** manually, which would have been tedious only being able to use wget and rpm. The solutions for the issue were considerable sparse, with no working solution in this particular instance.

    So I suggested they upgrade to 8 and any files they needed for the new install could be easily retrieved as their server and other running VMs are connected to a NAS.


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  • #2
    opus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,117 ✭✭✭opus


    I'd say that depends on the IT manager! My manager certainly wouldn't know how to fix that one but I'd hope they'd be able do a bit of reading online & figure it out. Fixing the rpm d/b & yum can be incredibly tedious afair as I've had to do one or twice when someone rebooted a PC while it was updating.


  • #3
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    opus wrote: »
    I'd say that depends on the IT manager! My manager certainly wouldn't know how to fix that one but I'd hope they'd be able do a bit of reading online & figure it out. Fixing the rpm d/b & yum can be incredibly tedious afair as I've had to do one or twice when someone rebooted a PC while it was updating.

    Yeah I found it to be incredibly tedious. I eventually suggested a new VM with CentOS 8. They have a NAS device connected to their Network so it was easier, but longer than having to type every required download by hand with wget and to fix they repo directory.


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