[ale] tripwire is " trippin' "

[ChangingLINKS.com]

There was 'no' chain of events. Today, I was actually upgrading RedHat box 1 
(for the 3rd time) to try to fix the crashes. Box1 started to install the 
packages and crashed. I looked over and Box2 was hung at the exact same time.

[I just checked and Box2 the 'date' on box2 was 10 minutes ahead - so I guess 
Box1 affected Box2 {they are connected thru NFS} as opposed to chron].

Box2 is my "stable" box. That means try not to tinker with it.

The more troubled box is an XP1600 (1.4Ghz) 512Ram, GeForceII 64Ram with 
NVIDIA drivers.

I am really not sure what to do. Box1 crashes as if it is a Windows box, as 
if it does not have as much memory. In the past I was able to get a snapshot 
of the processes - but I have since removed tripwire.

RedHat 8.0 seems slower on Box1. I am not sure where to turn. I don't know 
how I can capture the processes when the box is frozen or going to freeze.
Re-install 7.2? Try living with the watered-down 8.0? New distro?

Drew

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 19:01, you wrote:
> What was the chain of events?
>
> Upgrade, then it started crashing?
>
> Specs on the box?  (memory, processor, video card).
>
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > I removed tripwire. 3 hours later, my box hung AGAIN.
> > I was able to Crtl-Alt-F2, but not login.
> > I was unable to ssh into the box.
> > The box froze, and had to be restarted.
> >
> > How do I go about discovering what program is causing this?
> > I am not used to upgraded 7.2 acting this badly. Should I reinstall?
> >
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > On Tuesday 07 January 2003 11:28, you wrote:
> >>Locate the rpm that tripwire is from:
> >>
> >>rpm -qf 'FULL PATH TO tripwire'
> >>
> >>'rpm -e' the results of the above as in:
> >>
> >>rpm -e tripwire.rpm
> >>
> >>
> >>Understand, that anything else that is in that rpm will be removed also.
> >>  That may or may not be a problem.
> >>
> >>rpm -ql tripwire.rpm
> >>
> >>
> >>Will list all the files installed by this rpm.
> >>
> >>ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> >>>ALE, 1-05-02 0855
> >>>I installed RedHat 7.2 on my system.
> >>>
> >>>Whenever I would su to root, I would get a prompt that says "you have
> >>>mail." Solution: I added a .forward file to root
> >>>
> >>>Whenever I would receive the emails, they would say tripwire ain't been
> >>>installed.
> >>>Solution: I followed the included directions to --init tripwire.
> >>>
> >>>Since then, I turn on my box, and cron.daily executes the tripwire
> >>>script. The script itself does not hang my box, but if I do anything
> >>> else (like run a browser)
> >>>my box hangs like Windows, and I must use the reset button on the front
> >>>of the box to get
> >>>control (and I have to keep fighting tripwire or not use the box for 10
> >>>minutes).
> >>>
> >>>I read the man tripwire, and have not been able to figure out how to
> >>>completely disable tripwire.
> >>>I realize that I will have less security on this box, but the cost of
> >>>having my box act like Windows is too great.
> >>>
> >>>Drew
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