strange messages in /var/log and all logins refused ...

[Andy Farkas]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, twig les wrote:

> Also, I found some strange output in /var/log/messages.0.gz on
> the machine that locked up.  There is an identical machine (same
> hardware and config) that did *not* have any of this stuff.  The
> last line in the message below (the "Device not configured") is
> repeated hundreds of times.  I've pasted it below ... does
> anyone know what this indicates?  I tried google, but found
> nothing conclusive.
>
> ================================================================
>
> Jul  3 10:00:00 mas02 newsyslog[14137]: logfile turned over
[...snip]
> Jul  3 10:51:32 mas02 /kernel: (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Invalidating
> pack
> Jul  3 12:00:02 mas02 /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> 127.0.0.1:25 from 127.0.0.1:1388
> Jul  3 13:00:00 mas02 /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> 127.0.0.1:25 from 127.0.0.1:1389
> Jul  3 14:00:00 mas02 /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> 127.0.0.1:25 from 127.0.0.1:1390
> Jul  3 15:00:00 mas02 /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP
> 127.0.0.1:25 from 127.0.0.1:1391
> Jul  3 16:14:40 mas02 last message repeated 17 times
> Jul  3 16:16:51 mas02 last message repeated 30 times
> Jul  3 20:15:00 mas02 /usr/sbin/cron[14546]: login_getclass:
> retrieving class information: Device not configured

Your disk has died and the kernel has turned it off. This is bad
because it seems to be your root disk.

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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/