[plug] server problem; possible faulty controller card.

[Jon Miller]

Looks like the server has been compromised, I've discovered a few rootkits installed.
I'm going to rebuild this using the following procedure:
1) backup data files
2) copy /etc/*.conf
3) either make an image of the system and then blow it away or get new drives.

Have I missed out on anything?


Thanks


>>> mike.benjamin at clarinet.com.au 4:47:10 pm 17/03/2006 >>>

Could be right also.

Cables/connectors too. Always worth swapping out.


-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ben Jensz
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 09:29 AM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] server problem; possible faulty controller card.

Have you considered that it may in fact be a dodgy hard disk causing the
issues?

I've seen on several occasions when an IDE hard disk dies, that it spews
random crap down the IDE channel preventing proper communication with
other drive(s) on the same channel and/or on the same controller.

This can obviously cause all sorts of erratic behaviour...


/ Ben


Jon Miller wrote:

>Has anyone run into the following error messages? I posted this before
and checked everything everyone suggested:
>I've checked memory (replace them); fans are okay, system is not
overheating, etc.
>When the server boots there are error messages associated with the
Promise Fast track S150 TX2 Plus SATA Controller.  A series of IOCTRL
errors appears.  I've noticed that certain commands do not work but only
the basic ones do (mainly alias commands do not work).
>Users cannot get e-mail as the postfix/mailmonitor will not load.  This
has been going on for 10 days and I need to get this fixed.
>  
>

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