On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 18:38 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > On Fri September 30 2005 11:21 am, Bob Chiodini wrote: > > Claude, > > > > Had the three working PCs been rebooted lately? If not that might > > explain why they continued to work. Or they had not gotten new leases > > from the server. > > > I booted a spare laptop that had been sitting on the shelf for months during > this little episode, and it had no problems, so I don't think that's it. > > > Maybe something mucked up you dhcp.conf file. I've only limited > > experience with DHCP, and I did not run my own DNS server, just handed > > out the addresses from my ISP. Is there a dhcp.conf.rpmnew or .orig > > file? > > > dhcp.conf was intact - I did check that > > > Maybe there is a bug in webmin. Did you happen to note the file date > > and times for your dhcp.conf before changing it? > > > well, I don't know about that - I had been poking around webmin that night, > but I didn't configure anything with it - > > > I take it that no one else is having similar problems. > no one else has chimed in > I did notice one other thing regarding slpd; on boot I get a selinux message > saying it has failed to get permissions - I can't give details because I'm on > my way out of town > > Hope this current configuration 'holds' - my downstairs housemate wouldn't > want internet down for a whole weekend - fortunately, I have a router that > can be swapped in for my Linux box, and I left him instructions on how to do > that - I guess I'm in wait and see mode > > -- > Claude Jones > Bluemont, VA, USA > Claude, This may be rendered to a mystery of life, if it does not recur. But, if it does disable slpd and wait and see. Not the most timely way of troubleshooting. Bob...
