On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:52 -0400, John Garmany wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I committed a sin. I want to test FC5 and installed it on a remote > server (I was local at the time), tested it and then departed. Not I > can not log onto the server using ssh or vnc. > > Using vnc, I get past the vnc password but the screensaver password > (ther user password) simply hangs. With ssh, after a long wait I do get > the password prompt, but no response to the password. > > [xxxxx@svr2 ~]$ ssh 192.168.15.39 > xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx's password: > Connection closed by 192.168.15.39 > > I had a local guy reboot the server and everything worked, allowed me > run yum -y update. After a few hours, I could not log in again. > > This is a x86_64 system with dual opterons. Been running for over a > year with RHEL. > > Any ideas what the problem is before I call and have it rebooted again? check your services, is sshd service was running or not? or maybe your ip was being blocked by your IDS --jo--
