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Grex > Mnet > #69: M-Net Downtime status, June 5th, 2002 | |
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M-Net Downtime status, June 5th, 2002
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Jun 5 16:22 UTC 2002 |
This morning I tried to log on to m-net and found that my password
didn't work. It looks like something corrupted the password file. I figure
one of two things happened. either 1) we crashed while the passwd file was
rebuilding from a newuser or some other event that rebuilds the password file,
and it got corrupted. or 2) the xreap process that ran last night was the
first one in a week or so, due to a problem with the cron daemon, and
corrupted the password file. or maybe the crash happened when the password
file was rebuilding from xreap. either way, the password file is corrupt.
a side note that complicates matters: early yesterday when I realized cron
hadn't been running for a while, I ran my script that backs up the password
file and it removed all of the oldest backups, because it does that every time
it runs. So, basically, we have no good backups of the file on the machine.
our only hope is the last tape that was in the drive. and that was the last
time I went to wwnet... a couple weeks ago :-/
anyhow, when I got to wwnet this morning I figured all of this out. I noticed
that wwnet has a nice bug problem in the server room there, they have a nice
little nest of these little flying ants. I also noticed the side fan on our
machine was dead. so, after getting cleared by the intense security at wwnet,
I took the machine and I have it here at wcc. I'm going to put in our two
new donated drives, piece together the password file the best I can, and
possibly do some other upgrades.
I'm betting we'll come back up on friday morning.
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edina
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response 1 of 120:
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Jun 5 16:57 UTC 2002 |
Thank you for the update, Rex.
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jerryr
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response 2 of 120:
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Jun 5 17:09 UTC 2002 |
ditto.
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jor
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response 3 of 120:
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Jun 5 18:26 UTC 2002 |
Damnation.
Thanks hash
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styles
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response 4 of 120:
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Jun 5 18:51 UTC 2002 |
yeah, thanks rex.
when's the board meeting? tomorrow?
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void
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response 5 of 120:
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Jun 5 19:13 UTC 2002 |
Thanks, Rex.
Yep, the BoD meeting is tomorrow at WCC.
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ric
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response 6 of 120:
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Jun 5 20:46 UTC 2002 |
/cues Michael Bolton "How am I supposed to live without you?"
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tonster
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response 7 of 120:
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Jun 5 21:32 UTC 2002 |
That's too funny about WWNet. They actually ICQ'd me this morning
saying 'uhh...there someone here claiming to be from Arbornet...Rex?
He's trying to take the box.'
I was tempted to have them call the police, but I let it pass.
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hash
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response 8 of 120:
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Jun 5 21:33 UTC 2002 |
heheh.
yeah, the board meeting is tomorrow in BE 172 on WCC's main campus.
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ryan
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response 9 of 120:
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Jun 5 22:00 UTC 2002 |
So it looks like literal bugs caused mnet to be hosed...
... guess it's better than a script kiddie with the rootkit du jour.
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hash
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response 10 of 120:
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Jun 5 22:09 UTC 2002 |
I don't think the insects caused m-net problems. but, they are a little
disconcerting.
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krokus
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response 11 of 120:
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Jun 5 23:38 UTC 2002 |
Fun stuff. Thanks for the work.
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iggy
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response 12 of 120:
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Jun 5 23:39 UTC 2002 |
yeah.. hope to see you all over there soon.
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cyklone
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response 13 of 120:
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Jun 6 00:43 UTC 2002 |
<wonders what chamberl and juno do when m-net goes down>
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polytarp
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response 14 of 120:
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Jun 6 00:44 UTC 2002 |
It'd be funny is hash was in jail now!
Well, not really funny, but iteresting.
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jor
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response 15 of 120:
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Jun 6 01:53 UTC 2002 |
It'd be serious if M-Net didn't have security.
I'm curious about the non-insect bugs.
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tod
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response 16 of 120:
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Jun 6 02:08 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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jmsaul
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response 17 of 120:
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Jun 6 02:14 UTC 2002 |
Re #13: Each other. (Have fun sleeping tonight.)
Thanks, Rex!
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tod
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response 18 of 120:
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Jun 6 02:24 UTC 2002 |
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cyklone
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response 19 of 120:
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Jun 6 02:29 UTC 2002 |
Now I'm *really* not sleeping tonite!
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jp2
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response 20 of 120:
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Jun 6 02:48 UTC 2002 |
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md
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response 21 of 120:
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Jun 6 11:40 UTC 2002 |
I hope it was just the insects, and not some hacker, like the kid last
time whose online attack was so viciously devastating that it
physically destroyed the entire system, which then had to be replaced
at a cost of thousands of dollars which the court ordered the kid to
pay back to arbornet in monthly installments. Is he still sending his
little checks, btw, or has someone from arbornet finally told the court
the truth?
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russ
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response 22 of 120:
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Jun 6 11:56 UTC 2002 |
Good work, Rex. Let's hope it's simple and easily fixed, or that you
can recover the inode of one of the backup password files.
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slynne
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response 23 of 120:
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Jun 6 17:38 UTC 2002 |
Rex, what would Mnet do without you?
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jor
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response 24 of 120:
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Jun 6 17:46 UTC 2002 |
when it's down it's M-Not
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