boo tfomr installation disk and go to rescue mode : - check free space - go through your logs in /var/log/ nobody is using that box doesnt means that nothin is going in there.. there is a possibility that linux is crashed or hacked(since it wont take the password set, could be a typo mistake) regards, Peeyush Maurya http://www.linux-faqs.com/ --- "Joshua B. Lilly" <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > RedHat ES 3 > IBM Server 8676, Model G1X > > It`s been running fine for months. It`s going to be our > new mail server. > No problems. Well, it hasn`t been touched in a couple of > months (literally, > the mouse and keyboard have been on a shelf and it has > not been touched, and > it has not been live and nobody has been able to log into > it remotely or > locally). So I try to log in to do some work, but the > root password won`t > work when I go to add users through the graphical > interface for some new > staff for when we go live. I know what the root password > is, I know I`m > typing it correctly, it`s just bizarre. I open a command > line and try to su > to root. su won`t work. Very bizarre. So I reboot the > thing, I do it > through the clicking method. Other than what I have > described above, > literally nothing - NOTHING - has been done on this > machine in months. This > means, not so much as clicking on the menu, not opening a > text file or > Internet browser, not clicking on the desktop: NOTHING. > > The machine will not boot up. > > { > Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES > Press 'I' to enter Interactive startup. > grep: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory > grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory > Configuring kernel parameters: > [ OK ] > iiSetting clock (localtime): Tue May 10 09:57:36 EDT > 2005 [ OK ] > Loading default keymap (us): > [ OK ] > Setting hostname webmail: > [ OK ] > cat: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory > } > > At this point, I can hit CTRL-C and get two more lines: > > { > INIT: Entering runlevel: 5 > cat: /proc/cpuinfo: No such file or directory > } > > I can`t do anything else at this point. > > I tried to use RESCUE MODE from the boot CD, and I can > get to a shell, but > don`t know how to correct this once I get there. I > checked the /etc/fstab > and it looks perfectly normal. I just don`t get it. > It`s on a UPS made for > servers, but it`s still possible this was all started by > a powersurge or > something. Again, when I say NOTHING other than what I > described was done > on this server over the past months, I mean that in the > most literal way. > That is what has me so baffled. But at this point, I > just need some way to > get it to work! I`d appreciate any advice. I`ve > compared the /etc/fstab to > the one reference I could find to this exact problem on > Usenet, and mine > matches up identically to that one, so I`m thinking that > is not the issue. > > - Joshua B. Lilly > Patrick County Public Schools > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
