On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Brian Chabot wrote:
> One of my clients has an old mail server / name server / dhcp server
> / gateway that is REALLY acting up. This is a RedHat 6.0 machine
> running kernel 2.2.5-15.
>
> I moved the mail responsibility to a new box, and now the old one is not
> responding to much of anything.
>
> I can not telnet to any port or ssh from the LAN. I managed to talnet
> (I know... cleartext passwords. I didn't set this up) from outside and
> no matter what command I give it I get:
>
> bash: fork: Resource temperarily unavailable
>
Sounds like the process table is full. Try rebooting the machine. Note
that you'll likely get the same error when you try to execute the "reboot"
command once you manage to login; the workaround is to "exec reboot" so it
reuses your shell's process instead of trying to allocate a new process
for the reboot command.
--
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj / Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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