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Grex System Problems
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Dec 22 18:13 UTC 2001 |
This item is for system problems. If something on Grex isn't working
right (line noise on a modem, weird behavior from a program, etc.),
this is the place to announce it. Except for security holes. If you
find a hole in system security, mail information about it to "staff".
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response 1 of 293:
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Dec 23 07:01 UTC 2001 |
why isn't gate the default editor in bbs?
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wh
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response 2 of 293:
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Dec 23 19:41 UTC 2001 |
Grex has been very slow this afternoon in Lynx and opening Pine--
well, I don't know if it will fully open Pine now. I see
/temp: write failed, file system is full.
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davel
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response 3 of 293:
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Dec 23 19:53 UTC 2001 |
Well, here's why:
> Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
> /dev/sd2f 62863 56587 0 100% /tmp
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> -rwxr-xr-x 1 dcbri0 wheel 47194112 Dec 23 13:37
0x660x690x6C0x650x0x0x37 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 dcbri0 wheel 27148 Dec 23
13:18 @@@@^@^@^^@^@^@^^^^@@@@^^^^^@@@@@@@ > -rwxr-xr-x 1 dcbri0 wheel
26 Dec 23 13:28 B78Hjsjh63^JksI.87Hjsh780Ds > -rwxr-xr-x 1 dcbri0 wheel
22540 Dec 23 13:19 ^@^^@^hjjjHkLsk%0x92%0x6BH^^hsJShUhskL.^@ > drwxr-xr-x
2 dcbri0 wheel 512 Dec 23 13:18 ______0_I_hate_you_admin >
drwxr-xr-x 2 dcbri0 wheel 512 Dec 23 13:18 ______1_FUCK_YOU_ADMIN >
drwxr-xr-x 2 dcbri0 wheel 512 Dec 23 13:18
______2_Your_server_will_DIE > drwxr-xr-x 2 dcbri0 wheel 512 Dec 23
13:18 ______3_Why_I_am_doing_it > drwxr-xr-x 2 dcbri0 wheel 512 Dec
23 13:18 ______4_Because_you_had_destroyed_my_filez > -rw-r--r-- 1 dcbri0
wheel 0 Dec 23 14:09 sh11700
Just some jerk doing what comes naturally.
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mdw
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response 4 of 293:
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Dec 23 22:53 UTC 2001 |
Gate isn't the default editor in bbs because bbs is at least a decade
older and people have written many different "ultimate response editors"
since. Are you sure this is a "system problem"?
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janc
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response 5 of 293:
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Dec 24 03:49 UTC 2001 |
Gate isn't the hardwired default editor in Picospan. It is, however, set in
all the default .cfonce files that are created when people take out accounts
on Grex.
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hash
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response 6 of 293:
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Dec 24 15:50 UTC 2001 |
I just made a new account, and there wasn't a .cfonce file.
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hash
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response 7 of 293:
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Dec 24 15:53 UTC 2001 |
hmmm, I just made *another* account, and there was a .cfonce.
never mind me, thanks.
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gelinas
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response 8 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:10 UTC 2001 |
I just sent a message to staff about grex not accepting telnet sessions. ssh
is working.
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blaise
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response 9 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:14 UTC 2001 |
I'm telnetted in; I don't know what you're seeing. (I can't SSH from this
system; it only does SSH2.)
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keesan
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response 10 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:17 UTC 2001 |
I telnetted in the past half hour.
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gelinas
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response 11 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:22 UTC 2001 |
jane% !tel
telnet cyberspace.org
Trying 216.93.104.34...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
jane% date
Mon Dec 24 15:19:29 EST 2001
jane%
gelinas ttyp4 coll.staff.itd.u Mon Dec 24 15:05 still logged in
so it's been about 20 minutes that it hasn't been working. For me, anyway.
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hash
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response 12 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:30 UTC 2001 |
I just tested telnet, and I got a connection refused, too
do you guys run a standalone telnetd? inetd?
there are some telnetd's running, but no inetd, nor what appears to be
a standalone telnetd.
I'm ssh'ed in.
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gelinas
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response 13 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:38 UTC 2001 |
I've always heard that they run inetd (I've not actually looked at the
startup scripts, though. ;) These kinds of reports are generally followed
by, "I kicked inetd".
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hash
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response 14 of 293:
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Dec 24 20:48 UTC 2001 |
is /var/adm/messages supposed to be empty?
maybe it's been moved to the unreadable /var/log
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gelinas
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response 15 of 293:
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Dec 24 21:11 UTC 2001 |
telnet is working again. (Determined by testing. ;)
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tsty
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response 16 of 293:
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Dec 25 17:52 UTC 2001 |
sharing is such a joy this season -
voyager.net in east lansing seems in the right spirit, but really guys:
who
tpryan ttyqb Dec 25 12:18 (216.93.104.37)
keesan ttyu7 Dec 25 11:57 (216.93.104.37)
davel ttyu8 Dec 25 12:30 (216.93.104.37)
rglass ttyub Dec 25 12:25 (216.93.104.37)
newuser ttyp0 Dec 22 14:20 (as3-37.poznan.di)
(i left newuwer in there cause it was stuck out in the cold three
days ago)
the other four _seem_ to have quite a lan in their wan!
is there something i dont' know about (rhetorical, rhetorical, ok?)
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hash
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response 17 of 293:
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Dec 26 03:31 UTC 2001 |
hey ts, those are the dialins, I bet.
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gestway
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response 18 of 293:
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Dec 26 10:27 UTC 2001 |
What is the language of Shell scripts? And how is the sintax of the shell
scripts? I have used some UNIX commands, but they are not run. what is it
wrong?
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keesan
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response 19 of 293:
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Dec 26 14:01 UTC 2001 |
Hi, Gestway !. There is a separate item for asking questions about how to
use grex (15 or 16?). Welcome to the grex conferences. (I have been
chatting with gestway for a while and exchanging emails. He is a student at
a university in Indonesia, good at both computers and English.)
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janc
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response 20 of 293:
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Dec 26 20:43 UTC 2001 |
Grex's telnetd is launched by inetd, which periodically croaks for unknown
reasons. There is a system daemon that automatically restarts inetd within
8 minutes after it dies. The restart is done by "robocop" a daemon who's
primary purpose is to kill users who use excessive memory or processes (mostly
various types of fork bombs) and to kill any processes that users leave
running in background after logging off. It does a number of other
housekeeping chores too. So generally if ssh works and telnet doesn't, then
waiting a bit should fix things.
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gelinas
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response 21 of 293:
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Dec 26 22:05 UTC 2001 |
"8 minutes". Thanks, I'll try to remember that. :)
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mvpel
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response 22 of 293:
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Dec 27 01:53 UTC 2001 |
Does ssh tie in to the waiting list mechanism? Is there anyone putting any
thought into developing that if not? What about upgrading to ssh v2?
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gelinas
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response 23 of 293:
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Dec 27 02:59 UTC 2001 |
If there is a queue, ssh fails to assign a pseudo-tty. (or is that just if
the queue is full?)
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janc
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response 24 of 293:
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Dec 27 04:11 UTC 2001 |
Marcus is working on sshd upgrades. It turns out to be hard to make it queue.
It was possible to make it mostly-fail if there is a queue, so it can't
readily be used to bypass the queue. I believe he is working on improving
this situation, and on upgrading to a more recent release. So currently ssh
is only semi-supported on Grex. Actually, staff members pretty much always
connect with ssh, but if the queue is full we can ssh to one of Grex's other
servers, which don't have queues, and from there to Grex (the queue only
applies to users connecting from outside the cyberspace.org domain).
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