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keesan
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response 56 of 283:
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Jan 12 20:53 UTC 1999 |
Don't we have two leftover good modems from the dropped lines?
I dial in at 9600 and have had no connection problems (when not busy signal).
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scott
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response 57 of 283:
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Jan 12 22:55 UTC 1999 |
I think it will be a programming issue, like the other times. One of the
modems loses its settings...
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keesan
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response 58 of 283:
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Jan 13 05:09 UTC 1999 |
I just dialed in at 9600 and connected at 2400. 761-3000. Earlier I could
not connect until I dialed 5041, at 9600.
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scott
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response 59 of 283:
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Jan 13 16:26 UTC 1999 |
Might be a dirty phone line issue.
Busy signals right now; means that a lot of people are dialed in after Grex
was down for a few hours. If any modems are still misbehaving I'll be able
to check the logs.
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aruba
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response 60 of 283:
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Jan 13 19:11 UTC 1999 |
I got a busy signal just now, but there are only 6 people dialed in on the
terminal server. What's up with that?
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scott
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response 61 of 283:
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Jan 13 19:57 UTC 1999 |
According to the terminal server, there has been no activity on lines
3,4,5,8,9 (server ports). Clearly I need to visit the Pumpkin and find out
the truth.
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scott
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response 62 of 283:
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Jan 13 23:49 UTC 1999 |
I found a number of modems stuck "on", so I reset them. That should free up
the lines. I'll be keeping an eye on them to see if it happens again.
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aruba
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response 63 of 283:
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Jan 14 02:32 UTC 1999 |
Thanks Scott.
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russ
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response 64 of 283:
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Jan 14 04:14 UTC 1999 |
Re #59:
>Might be a dirty phone line issue.
I had to hang up and re-dial tonight because I got a phone
line that was spewing simply amazing amounts of noise.
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gregb
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response 65 of 283:
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Jan 14 15:16 UTC 1999 |
Re. 61: Just out of curiousity, what's on 1, 2, 6 and 7?
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dpc
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response 66 of 283:
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Jan 14 16:27 UTC 1999 |
The MOTD says Grex was unavailable yesterday morning 1/13. When
I logged on during that period, the System told me "sorry..."
I didn't know if a hacker had wiped the system or what.
The next time, could the staff please post a short message
more enlightening than "sorry..."? Thanx!
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aruba
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response 67 of 283:
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Jan 14 18:16 UTC 1999 |
(I would've appreciated that too. I got mail from one new user who thought
he was being told "sorry" because he had entered the wrong password.)
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steve
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response 68 of 283:
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Jan 14 23:09 UTC 1999 |
Grex was rendered senseless that morning by a vandal. When I got up
Weds morning I found I was on Grex and what I was doing was frozen at 4:18
am. I elected to get over to the Pumkin on my way to work although I
shouldn't have, because a crisis came up and I was working via the phone
to fix it, while getting ready to head out.
So when I got to Grex I was busy with this other problem and had to
do things as quickly as possible. I didn't have time to fuss with a nice
message--I wanted to create the /etc/nologin file as quickly as possible
to thwart any logins as I inspected the system. Along that time I got yet
another page and was busy working on that on the phone while working on
Grex.
Sometimes, things don't happen as well as they should. Sorry. The
alternative of course would have been for me to skip working on Grex and
let the next available staff person stuble out into the cold and get over
there and deal with it.
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aruba
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response 69 of 283:
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Jan 14 23:45 UTC 1999 |
We certainly appreciate your fixing it, STeve.
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mic
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response 70 of 283:
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Jan 15 00:24 UTC 1999 |
Thanks STeve!! You did more than your call.
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steve
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response 71 of 283:
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Jan 15 03:51 UTC 1999 |
Thanks. With any luck the next time I have to keep people out there
will be a reasonable message explaining why. I do realize that "sorry"
is near Zen-like, and most people prefer error messages that less resemble
a koan.
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gregb
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response 72 of 283:
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Jan 15 14:18 UTC 1999 |
Re. 71: Steve, is there a way you could set up a stock msg. that displays
under such circumstances? That way you wouldn't have to come up with
something pithy to say every time. Not to mention saving time.
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aruba
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response 73 of 283:
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Jan 15 15:07 UTC 1999 |
Something like, "Sorry, Grex is cranky right now. Call back in a little
while."
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steve
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response 74 of 283:
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Jan 15 15:49 UTC 1999 |
Sure--that is an *excellent* idea. I can make it a csh alias, and
type that one command to create the message. Thanks! That solves my
problem of when critically pressed for time, and informing our users.
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steve
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response 75 of 283:
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Jan 15 16:16 UTC 1999 |
If you look at the file /etc/nologin.boilerplate you'll see what
will be placed in /etc/nologin if I type 'nologin' as woot. Feel
free to suggest different phrasing, etc. This really is a good
idea. Thanks Greg, for suggesting it.
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keesan
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response 76 of 283:
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Jan 15 16:38 UTC 1999 |
Thanks Scott and STeve.
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ryeguy
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response 77 of 283:
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Jan 15 17:35 UTC 1999 |
my sister is an idiot is my sister doth she be
blah
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flem
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response 78 of 283:
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Jan 15 18:05 UTC 1999 |
re 75: the spelling gestapo might suggest that you substitute "explanation"
for "explaination", but other than that it looks good.
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steve
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response 79 of 283:
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Jan 15 18:20 UTC 1999 |
Got it.
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aruba
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response 80 of 283:
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Jan 15 18:20 UTC 1999 |
And the grammar KGB might object to "the staff are working", presuming they're
based in America and not England. But it looks good to me too.
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