Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread sedwards
Hello I have a remote machine running FreeBSD 4.8 that runs my internet radio station (http://www.itsallgoodradio.com) and it has gone wacky. It will be several hours before anyone can get to it to reboot it. I have a ssh login prompt that is still live, but anytime I try to execute a

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread Rus Foster
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I have a remote machine running FreeBSD 4.8 that runs my internet radio station (http://www.itsallgoodradio.com) and it has gone wacky. It will be several hours before anyone can get to it to reboot it. I have a ssh login prompt that is

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread sedwards
I get the same Segmentation fault when I try to run dmesg. I'm using the bash shell. Oddly enough I can run sh though. Another odd thing if I try to use cat with bash I get: -bash: cat: command not found but I get this if I run cat from sh: cat: no such device or address Thanks

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread Rus Foster
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the same Segmentation fault when I try to run dmesg. I'm using the bash shell. Oddly enough I can run sh though. Another odd thing if I try to use cat with bash I get: -bash: cat: command not found but I get this if I run cat from sh:

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread oremanj
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 03:28:38PM -0600 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the same Segmentation fault when I try to run dmesg. I'm using the bash shell. Oddly enough I can run sh though. Another odd thing if I try to use cat with bash I get: -bash: cat: command not

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread sedwards
Quoting Rus Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try cd / echo * Rgds Rus cd seems to work (I can cd to directories that I know exist, but get an error if I try to cd to a directory that doesn't), but echo always just returns *

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread Rus Foster
cd seems to work (I can cd to directories that I know exist, but get an error if I try to cd to a directory that doesn't), but echo always just returns * hmm strange...it could be the shell as echo * on mine does and ls Rus -- www: http://jvds.com | Virtual Servers from just $15/mo

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread sedwards
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 03:28:38PM -0600 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the same Segmentation fault when I try to run dmesg. I'm using the bash shell. Oddly enough I can run sh though. Another odd thing if I try to use cat

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread sedwards
Quoting Rus Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: cd seems to work (I can cd to directories that I know exist, but get an error if I try to cd to a directory that doesn't), but echo always just returns * hmm strange...it could be the shell as echo * on mine does and ls Rus

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 23), Rus Foster said: cd seems to work (I can cd to directories that I know exist, but get an error if I try to cd to a directory that doesn't), but echo always just returns * hmm strange...it could be the shell as echo * on mine does and ls echo * in an empty

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread sedwards
Quoting Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In the last episode (Jul 23), Rus Foster said: cd seems to work (I can cd to directories that I know exist, but get an error if I try to cd to a directory that doesn't), but echo always just returns * hmm strange...it could be the shell

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 23), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Quoting Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In the last episode (Jul 23), Rus Foster said: cd seems to work (I can cd to directories that I know exist, but get an error if I try to cd to a directory that doesn't), but echo always

Re: Any way to stop a remote box gone crazy?

2003-07-23 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 23), Dan Nelson said: In the last episode (Jul 23), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But I would think that this means the shell couldn't open the directory to get the filenames to match? That's also a possibility. You can use cat to tell the difference though.. Here's a