You might want to take a look at monit (http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/).
It can be configured to restart monitored services in case they die.
Marko
On Sun, April 24, 2005 5:08 pm, Nigel Kendrick said:
> Here's one for you if you have the time:
>
> I very stupidly killed the wrong process on a server on a remote site on
> Friday and now I cannot ssh login to it! It's not a major problem as it's
> main functions are as a file and print sharer (samba) and to run
> postfix/mailscanner, and I can have someone on site reboot the server when
> they start work on Monday, but I was wondering whether I could 'get in' by
> other means to reboot it - so far I have tried the following without luck:
>
> Simultaneous login requests to 'reach' a listening login as I think I've
> only screwed up pts0
>
> A VNC connection to a machine on site and then using telnet (nope, telnet
> disabled)
>
> A VNC connection to a machine on site and then a VNC connection to the
> server (VNC not running on this one).
>
> Any suggestions to issue a remote reboot - as I said, it's not a major
> issue
> as I can have the server rebooted by someone on site.
>
> Thanks
>
> Nigel Kendrick
>
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