On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Donald Lee wrote:

> At 11:30 AM yesterday morning, the syslog (/var/log/messages) stopped
> adding data to the file.  I find that I cannot "su" on the machine to
> even see some of the other logs, like authlog or xferlog.
>
> When I do an "su", it hangs after I enter the password.  It apparently
> accepts the password, because if I give it an incorrect one, it says
> "Sorry".
>
> The console does not work (no response on serial port - serial console)

Sounds like someone pressed ^S on the console.

You should be able to clear everything up again by typing ^Q on the
console.
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Tod McQuillin