Re: (PM) Locking up telnet connections

pmaster@sentex.net
Sat, 06 Feb 1999 19:15:02 GMT

>
>1) Once four(?) of these "locked up" connections are made, it is no
>longer possible for an admin to log into the box over the network.
>A direct physical connection must be made, or the unit must be
>power-cycled. So it is not possible for an admin to just telnet
>in and do a "reset n###" on the connection.

Actually, another way to do it is to dial into the PM and login as !root. I
have done this on a number of occasions where people have buggered up the
network settings...

---Mike
Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net)
Sentex Communications Corp,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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