Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:36:56 -0700 From: oremanj@get-linux.org To: sedwards@qrwsoftware.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy? Message-ID: <20030723213656.GA2173@webserver> In-Reply-To: <1058995718.3f1efe06829fa@webmail.xmission.com> References: <1058981768.3f1ec788d0125@webmail.xmission.com> <20030723103628.K68935@thor.65535.net> <1058995718.3f1efe06829fa@webmail.xmission.com>
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 03:28:38PM -0600 or thereabouts, sedwards@qrwsoftware.com wrote: > > I get the same Segmentation fault when I try to run dmesg. I'm using the > bash shell. Oddly enough I can run sh though. Another odd thing if I try > to use cat with bash I get: > > -bash: cat: command not found > > but I get this if I run cat from sh: > > cat: no such device or address Wild guess: do you have LD_PRELOAD set? Quick test: unset LD_PRELOAD cat /dev/null -- Josh > > Thanks > -Scott > > > Quoting Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk>: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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