Christian Zimmermann writes
I am not able to communicate with nebka. It was functional at 7:21 (confirmation mail sent to an author), and I am trying since 7:55.
I logged in and out. nebka:~# Broadcast message from root@nebka (tty1) (Fri Mar 14 12:22:16 2008): The system is going down for system halt NOW! Connection to nebka closed by remote host. Connection to nebka closed. krichel@wombat:~$ slogin nebka -l root Last login: Fri Mar 14 12:35:49 2008 Linux nebka 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 22:11:31 UTC 2008 i686 The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No mail. nebka:~# exit logout Connection to nebka closed. I think in the local afteroon, may at 14:00 local time, your 4:00 I think.
Any idea of something launched in between that could have brought a panic?
Yes, but it's the idea you don't want to hear. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel phone: +7 383 330 6813 skype: thomaskrichel