Re: [K12OSN] Re: server crash when client logs out of Gnome

[Robert Harrelson <robert harrelson iwpnews com>]

Actually, this last incident was different -- I was able to log in to 
the server (at the server) without a problem, run

purge_user robert

and that took care of it. In the past when this has happened I couldn't 
log into the server at all, and had to just take it down.

So I guess that's progress. . .

Robert


Steve Wright wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 06:14, Robert Harrelson wrote:
>
> > (2) One of the indications that something is up is that when I launch a 
> > terminal window on the client, it comes up "empty" -- that is there is 
> > not prompt ([robert IWP-LTS robert]$) and I cannot run commands. I think 
> > it is consistently true that when this happens in terminal, I cannot log 
> > out on the workstation.
>
>
>
> Does the server halt /hard/ or does it go down in a flurry of disk
> activity ?
>
> What is the server loading during this time ?
>
> I have had squid take a server down - processor load at max, swap going
> through the roof, everything slowly dieing.  I had to be very quick and
> <ctrl><alt><F1> login as root and `killall squid` - emphasis on the
> 'quick'.  30 seconds is all the time I had.
>
> I have not been been near the system when it crashes.. unfortunate,
> since I could `top` and watch.  We could do with a script that monitors
> CPU load/swap and emails and/or logs the event should things get weird.
>
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
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