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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Router/Firewall strangeness
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:16:20
Message-Id: 49bf44f10712051003g4ff95141k589a292a026d904c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Router/Firewall strangeness by Grant
1 > > > > I don't see how that could be because I was able to log in when the
2 > > > > system was freshly booted yesterday. I'll grab a monitor and keyboard
3 > > > > from the garage, have a look, and report back here.
4 > > >
5 > > > when I have problems with ssh, I run another instance in debug mode:
6 > > >
7 > > > In one terminal (local box):
8 > > >
9 > > > /usr/sbin/sshd -p 2222 -d
10 > > >
11 > > > from remote box:
12 > > >
13 > > > ssh $machine -p 2222
14 > > >
15 > > > then you can look at the output from the local box to see what's going on.
16 > > >
17 > > > very handy.
18 > >
19 > > As well as checking the firewall and syslog messages on the server.
20 > >
21 > > Here's another long shot: If your physical network (cables, connectors, etc)
22 > > are playing up you could be dropping packets, which will leave TCP
23 > > connections hanging and cause the maximum connection limit to be reached.
24 > > ifconfig should show errors in this case.
25 >
26 > I'm on the box now and it's quite non-functional. ctrl+alt+del prints
27 > "INIT: cannot execute "/sbin/shutdown". I'm going to do a hard reset
28 > and we'll see what happens.
29 >
30 > - Grant
31
32 System functioning as per normal after a reboot. Should I run a
33 memory test from a LiveCD?
34
35 - Grant
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