From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 24 09:54:31 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 6439937B401 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:54:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.xmission.com (webmail.xmission.com [198.60.22.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC01A43F75 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:54:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sedwards@qrwsoftware.com) Received: from www by webmail.xmission.com with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19fjMM-0008IW-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:54:30 -0600 Received: from 12-209-161-120.client.attbi.com (12-209-161-120.client.attbi.com [12.209.161.120]) by webmail.xmission.com (IMP) with HTTP for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:54:29 -0600 Message-ID: <1059065669.3f200f45e52a8@webmail.xmission.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:54:29 -0600 From: sedwards@qrwsoftware.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1058981768.3f1ec788d0125@webmail.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <1058981768.3f1ec788d0125@webmail.xmission.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 Subject: syslog.conf .err destination (Was: 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: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:54:31 -0000 When he got to it, it had all sorts of error messages about VM and paging on the console. But he could not login so I had him reboot it. But apparently the logger quit storing messages in the messages file about 1 A.M., the next messages were the reboot messages at 18:00. How does it work if I change it to send the messages to a remote host? Thanks -Scott Quoting sedwards@qrwsoftware.com: > > 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 > > The bad thing is that it is still streaming the same songs over and over > > (I hope the RIAA doesn't find out ;-). > > Does anybody have any ideas I could try to stop, kill, or reboot it > before > we can get to it physically? > > Thanks > -Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >