Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:42:11 +0700 From: Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com> To: Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <4FD352B3.6080805@ateamsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEW%2BogbcEaCohvFQnK2TpB5bvf7dpar2MOAsGQ_3-pRABO9uxA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEW%2BogYrUso=nqx4dUx0rhr9XUFMmSSMP-fxNa03pgj8tNF%2B%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <201206091035.q59AZWFB058742@lurza.secnetix.de> <CAOgwaMvp4AyLNdvENL9rXoP6D6w9JaTJr1ML5uxb28Tg9=W2uQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAEW%2BogZ3H%2BgP86zcme-nuucLyDHmUo05uZ3R7Jc1hBb_7FM4gg@mail.gmail.com> <20120609122457.GS13609@albert.catwhisker.org> <CAEW%2BogadUQzu6k1XMXyLkqjEuq-_6gShiG5mRKbBgKMyoviAEg@mail.gmail.com> <20120609123626.GT13609@albert.catwhisker.org> <CAEW%2BogY4zZLj=D9cKuoG58Ozn_UbXjx3GJCT_Gtd4f4zEp3D2A@mail.gmail.com> <20120609130528.GU13609@albert.catwhisker.org> <CAEW%2BogZWC-LeUvjwmF4h6g7fqWpqs8%2BJ5w5jsGUqRNW8Y6ByUw@mail.gmail.com> <4FD35055.1030809@ateamsystems.com> <CAEW%2BogbcEaCohvFQnK2TpB5bvf7dpar2MOAsGQ_3-pRABO9uxA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/9/2012 20:33, Sami Halabi wrote: > its the same as /var/log/messages I assume you mean there is nothing there because it's not the same thing (yes dmesg stuff should get logged into syslog but your system obviously isn't working right so ...). Past that I've been skimming this thread since you posted and I can't think of anything here that would resolve this except that it might be worth a try to have someone ctrl-alt-del it (requires no FreeBSD knowledge, passwords, etc by the person doing it and should gracefully reboot the server). Its a total Hail Mary [pass] though [and probably won't work]. It might lock you out entirely, too. P.S. Beyond this incident obviously setting up a remote console is ideal, IPMI is very worth it, but my guess is you'd have it setup if your MB had it. If you don't have an IPMI module and you happen to have another box there cross-patching their serial consoles to each other so if one goes down you can serial via the other one (ie; server1's com1 to server2's com2, and server2's com1 to server1's com2). You need to set this up as root though so no help now. -- Adam Strohl http://www.ateamsystems.com/
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