Is this problem solvable?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> My question is: given that I can ping the machine,
> is there any way I can re-boot it remotely,
> or even just re-start shorewall?

You haven't provided enough info, but I would guess no.  ssh would be
the typical method for doing this.  Obviously, it is not possible to
reboot a machine using ping.  So the question is are there any other
working services you could use (rsh, vnc, X Server)?

Matt Flaschen