From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 10:44:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08E137B401 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:44:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.65535.net (thor.65535.net [216.17.104.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003F543FBD for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:44:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rghf@fsck.me.uk) Received: from localhost.jdshostimg.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=localhost) by thor.65535.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19fNdp-000O2I-Oj; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:43:05 -0700 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:43:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Rus Foster X-X-Sender: rghf@thor.65535.net To: sedwards@qrwsoftware.com In-Reply-To: <1058981768.3f1ec788d0125@webmail.xmission.com> Message-ID: <20030723103628.K68935@thor.65535.net> References: <1058981768.3f1ec788d0125@webmail.xmission.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:44:58 -0000 On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 sedwards@qrwsoftware.com wrote: > > Hello I have a remote machine running FreeBSD 4.8 that runs my internet > radio station (http://www.itsallgoodradio.com) and it has gone wacky. It > will be several hours before anyone can get to it to reboot it. I have a > ssh login prompt that is still live, but anytime I try to execute a > command I get either a Segmentation Fault or if I try to "su" I get an > Abort trap. If I try to ssh into it now I get: > > ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host > Hi, OK can you run dmesg at all? I guess you can. Which shell are you running as you might be able to use some of the builtin commands Cheers Rus