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Grex > Helpers > #123: Grex System Problems - Fall 2003 |  |
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bhoward
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response 100 of 291:
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Nov 1 13:33 UTC 2003 |
Yep. Raising the incremental cost of creating BS accounts for one.
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goose
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response 101 of 291:
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Nov 1 13:50 UTC 2003 |
I can ssh or telnet to www.grex.org and get a login prompt, but just grex.org
gets me nowhere.
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gelinas
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response 102 of 291:
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Nov 1 18:01 UTC 2003 |
I _can_ ssh to grex.org. Both grex.org and www.grex.org get to the same IP
address, that of grex.cyberspace.org.
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tpryan
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response 103 of 291:
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Nov 1 18:14 UTC 2003 |
re 99: Loss of personality. It has transformed some people in order
to get their personality account back.
disabiling an account should be total disable. No reading of
the old account by a newuser. Makes one need to again write or upload
scritps, etc.
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gelinas
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response 104 of 291:
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Nov 1 18:59 UTC 2003 |
The staff command "lockuser" depermits the files as well disabling logging
in.
Locking an account is of varying utility. Some times, it's a "throw-away,"
and the locked out user never comes back. Other times, the locked out
user didn't realise they were causing problems, so their asking for the
account back is an opportunity to inform and educate. And still other
times, stronger measures are required.
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soup
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response 105 of 291:
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Nov 1 23:07 UTC 2003 |
re 97 Your actions can hardly make someone less angry at you.
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salad
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response 106 of 291:
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Nov 3 22:28 UTC 2003 |
GreX is dying!
last pid: 18774; load averages: 8.46, 8.03, 7.18
17:27:06 185 processes: 179 sleeping, 5 running, 1 stopped CPU states:
15.0% user, 2.5% nice, 27.5% system, 24.4% idle, 30.5% spin Memory: 234M
available, 162M in use, 72M free, 7520K locked
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU CPU COMMAND
16819 debayan1 83 0 2352K 1756K run/3 0:57 35.20% 35.16% lynx284
13284 root 102 19 2832K 2220K run/3 32.0H 23.86% 23.83% perl
18370 zickal 70 0 3380K 3668K run/0 0:14 6.26% 6.25% top
18229 gillu 3 0 2468K 1536K sleep 0:12 8.59% 5.86% lynx284
18767 nobody 57 0 340K 512K run/2 0:01 32.39% 4.69% backtalk
6991 root 1 0 19M 19M sleep 646:12 3.13% 3.12% named
18155 gef 3 0 2196K 320K sleep 0:09 6.27% 2.73% pine
15369 samovolk 1 0 932K 948K sleep 1:18 2.35% 2.34% bash
18775 root 3 0 140K 236K sleep 0:00 30.77% 1.56% idled
17643 mirchi 1 0 2536K 1688K sleep 0:26 1.57% 1.56% lynx284
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glenda
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response 107 of 291:
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Nov 4 03:03 UTC 2003 |
I wouldn't say that listing is an indication of Grex dying. It looks to me
like an indication of most people either on the drive home from work or going
out to dinner.
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keesan
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response 108 of 291:
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Nov 4 03:07 UTC 2003 |
Or maybe cooking and eating dinner.
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glenda
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response 109 of 291:
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Nov 4 03:20 UTC 2003 |
True, I keep forgetting that it is normal to have a fully working kitchen.
One of these days I will have one again.
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bhoward
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response 110 of 291:
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Nov 4 05:35 UTC 2003 |
How does re#106 indicate that the system is dying? Do you think the
system is too busy or not busy enough?
Or something else?
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salad
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response 111 of 291:
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Nov 4 17:06 UTC 2003 |
It's a solemn indication of what to come.
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tpryan
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response 112 of 291:
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Nov 6 18:41 UTC 2003 |
Lunch is on the dinning room table. So is Grex. I tend to
Grex at meal time.
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cross
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response 113 of 291:
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Nov 6 20:22 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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keesan
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response 114 of 291:
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Nov 9 03:55 UTC 2003 |
I cannot dial in - grex does not answer. Had to telnet, which works.
I don't get no carrier, just a blank screen, when I dial. Please fix.
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gelinas
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response 115 of 291:
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Nov 9 04:11 UTC 2003 |
(I'm guessing a visit to the Pumpkin will be necessary, which I can't do right
now.)
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keesan
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response 116 of 291:
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Nov 9 04:15 UTC 2003 |
I was dialing in on 5041, in case that matters. Thanks for planning the visit
eventually. Is there any progress yet on finding some replacement modems that
come with instructions?
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glenda
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response 117 of 291:
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Nov 9 06:06 UTC 2003 |
How many times do we have to tell you that getting NextGrex up and running
comes before replacing anything. Why bother replacing obsolete equipment on
an obsolete box that is going to be retired in a short while. We are having
enough trouble getting staff time to work on NextGrex and you want to pull
them away to waste time updating outmoded technology on a box that will only
be running for another 3 months or so. Wait until the new box is online an
stable. Or upgrade yourself into, at least the late 20th century.
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twenex
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response 118 of 291:
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Nov 9 08:20 UTC 2003 |
Feel the anger.
Be cool, dude.
Glenda the Plan9 bunny? ;-P
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keesan
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response 119 of 291:
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Nov 9 15:31 UTC 2003 |
I asked about modems because I think it was gelinas who had a lead on a set
of faster used modems. I forget what happened about this. My modems are
faster than what grex is using. And I do think it would be helpful to have
more reliably working modems even for this grex. I hate telnetting and a
number of grexers are not paying for at home ISP service and can't even telnet
during emergencies like this. Can't modems be transferred between computers
if they can be made to work on teh current one?
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cross
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response 120 of 291:
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Nov 9 16:27 UTC 2003 |
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aruba
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response 121 of 291:
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Nov 9 17:21 UTC 2003 |
We don't have a ton of money. But I agree we should look into the cost of
4 new/better modems. The staff was very insistent at one time that the
modems all have hardware jumpers to make it impossible for them to dial out,
and that was hard to find in new modems.
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tpryan
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response 122 of 291:
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Nov 9 18:13 UTC 2003 |
I thought the Purchase Order was supposed to have been
written by last Jan 30 for NextGrex equipment. Has that been
done yet?
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aruba
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response 123 of 291:
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Nov 9 18:43 UTC 2003 |
All the NextGrex equipment was bought by May of this year, and is now
running at the Wolter-Mates house.
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cross
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response 124 of 291:
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Nov 9 18:49 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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