[cobalt-users] Re: Telnet is not working - how to get in?

[Peter Frederick <pfred@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:22:12 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a problem with our Cobalt Qube 3 running as PDC .
>The problem appeared after we applied the last updates.

fancy that!

So did one of ours - details posted both to here and to the Qube Forum at
Sun - a number of other people have had the same type of problem

>All workstations still can login; we can get a list of all machines 
>within the domain,
>but we cannot connect to any of them.

Can you ping the Qube3?

>When I try to browse a machine in the network, the error message from 
>Windows Explorer says:
>There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon 
>request:
>Then I tried to Telnet to the Cobalt box in order to take a look at the 
>log files but I couldnt!
>I found out that Telnet server was down!
>I restarted Cobalt Qube but telnet server failed to restart.

Did you connect up with a null modem cable and watch the reboot to see what
is really going on?

The knowledgebase has information on how to troubleshoot a bad bootup. You
can get the system into single user (and then check out a few things) that
will possible help you.

I don't have the details right with me but I can probably get my hands on
them.

>
>Is there anyone else having the same problem after the last update is 
>applied?

yes - a number of users have reported problems 

>Is there another way to get into my Cobalt Qube 3 and find out what have 
>happened?
>
>Thank you for the help in advance!
>Milen
>

Peter

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