From: "Mike" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > in the end I decided to re-install to be on the safe side > > for info my box (which is my personal machine) runs behind a adsl router > with integral bsd firewall and only essential ports were open. > > I dont run rsh, telnet, remote X, or sendmail (exim instead) > > I had had a lot of stability problems with rh9, but these seemed to have > stabilised. Mike, did you do anything to ensure the hardware was in good shape? If not you're going to be going through this problem with depressing regularity. {^_^}