From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 20:25:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA16764 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 20:25:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA16759 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 20:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with ESMTP id UAA08888 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 20:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id UAA10216; Tue, 7 May 1996 20:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605080323.UAA10216@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Benjamin Tomhave cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP!!! In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 May 1996 19:45:23 CDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 20:23:30 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >System: IBM pentium running FreeBSD 2.1 >Problem: Up until 15-20 minutes ago, all was fine. Now, all of a sudden, >nobody can login from anywhere but the x-login on my 4th virtual console. >I can't even login as anybody on one of the other 3 virtual consoles!!!!!! >There are no signs of attack or anything. The password file appears to be >fine. The group file appears to be fine. The database me be messed up, >but I don't know how to check it. I need help on this ASAP, and that >means hopefully tonight!! I've got users depending on this machine and >I've never seen a problem like this before -ever-!!! What has happened???? >Help!!! Please!!! You didn't mention what happens when you try to log in. If it just hangs, this might be caused by a nameserver being down. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project