[ale] tripwire is " trippin' "

[Geoffrey]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 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.

Really need more info.  Is box2 running rh?  What version.  Was it 
crashing prior to the first upgrade?  What dist was running before?

> 
> [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].

I would suspect it is highly unlikely that one machine caused the other 
to crash because of an nfs connection.  I've seen nfs make a machine 
appear to lock up as it was waiting for a timeout.

> 
> 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.

Are you adding the mem=nopentium to your boot process?  This appeared to 
resolve some problems I was having with my athlon xp 1800+.


> 
> 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.

Is it running X?
> 
> 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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