dep wrote: <snip> > puzzling thing is, and it could be merely coincidence, this has > happened only during the night. if i leave the computer alone for > many hours during the day, it does not exhibit this misbehavior. > which leads me to wonder if there's something in a cron job that is > triggering the problem. > > no, i don't have a telnet server set up at all, so i can't go in and > look that way. > > ideas? >
Can't you use ssh to get into the box to see what's up? I'm not running telnet either, but I can ssh to both my linux machines at home. An invaluable troubleshooting tool. Beyond that, I have no idea what could be causing your problem, although I'm inclined to believe your suspicion that it's a cron job. Can you determine what specific cron jobs are running overnight? Execute them manually and see if any of them trigger the problem. Regards, Tim _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
