Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ3i: Telnet denied

["Audric Leperdi" <aleperdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It appened to me once I was trying Chili!ASP.
The ASP server log error feature was enabled and thi caused
the first device to be filled w error log.
At first I didn't notice this , I only noticed the raq freezing.
Tried a few things... among them resetting the admin password from
the front panel with a pin... ARGHH!!!
The procedure that changes the password reads the line of the
password file into memory, changes the password, deletes the line
in the password file, write the new line with the new password.
Unfortunately in the mean time the ASP error logging facility
of the Chili!ASP server found some more extra space on the partition
to fill and..that's what it did.

result: no more admin account!

So I had to open the RaQ, remove the harddisk, open a spare PC,
connect the drive to the IDE connector, boot a tomsrtbt disk
( http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html ), mount the partition,
locate the filling file, remove the bugger, changed the name of
/opt/casp in /opt/casp-old so that the asp server could restart,
add by hand the missing line in /etc/passwd, remove the hd,
put back the hd in the raq and everything worked fine.

Since then I uninstalled Chili!ASP and still waiting for others
to continue the asp experiments on the RaQ.

just my .2$

Audric Leperdi
CIO - evolutiva srl
Via Varallo, 30 -10153 - Torino - Italy
tel +39 011 8121617 - fax. +39 011 8121614
www.evolutiva.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Atlantis Development Department" <development@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ3i: Telnet denied


> Hi there,
>
> I tried to reboot but the problem is still there. At the login the server
accept
> my username and ask for password. Whan I type the password the system says
> "Login incorrect".
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Carlo Alberto Cuman
> Atlantis Srl
>
>
> Sales - Way to the Web wrote:
>
> > Hello Carlo,
> >
> > > since yesterday morning i cannot access one of my RAQ3i via telnet. I
> > > can use the GUI through the browser and I can manage the
> > > server with no
> > > problems at all, I can access the virtual sites via FTP but I
> > > cannto log
> > > in via telnet.
> >
> > If you get rejected using a telnet client (as opposed to access denied
with
> > the wrong passsword) we've seen this problem on our RaQ3's.
> >
> > It happens if the inet daemon falls over - you may find that POP3
doesn't
> > work either. The only simple solution that we found was to reboot. I
know
> > that normally you would never need to do this on a Linux box as you can
> > normally resolve any issue by restarting services, but if you cannot get
in,
> > you cannot restart them. Simply unchecking the services in the Control
Panel
> > won't resolve this.
> >
> > If after a reboot you still cannot gain access then you're going to need
to
> > get a terminal plugged into the serial port on the back.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jonathan Michaelson
> >
> > Way to the Web Ltd
> > Web Hosting, E-Commerce and CGI Scripting
> > http://www.waytotheweb.com
> >
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