Re: [cobalt-users] EMERGENCY

["Mike Fritsch" <mfritsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We did the same thing when we moved some sites using the CMU. We had to have
our colo do a reboot. Why does cobalt tell us to issue the command 'kill
head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid' if it kills the RaQ?

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Landtwing" <marc.landtwing@xxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] EMERGENCY


> Hi Brandon
>
> I think you killed all processes running on your RaQ, so your machine will
> have to be rebooted by somebody with physical access. A "-1" pid-param
> causes kill to signal all of your processes.
>
> Marc
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandon Keim <bradkeim@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 5:01 AM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] EMERGENCY
>
>
> > I was trying to use the Migration tool on a RaQ 2 to RaQ 3.  I installed
> the
> > .rpm and began to follow the instructions.  I edited the crontab and
then
> > did "kill head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid".  My telnet connection to the
> > server was immediately dropped and every site is not accessible via the
> web.
> > Keep in mind this was a server at WHHQ and if you've read any of my
prior
> > posts, they've been seized by the government.  Should I expect the
machine
> > to turn on?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brandon Keim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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