This morning my litlle server (potato, apache 1.3.9) was down. No webservices, no ssh, nothing but ping :(
apache error.log [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/root.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///MSADC/root.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///_vti_bin/..%5c../..%5c../..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///_mem_bin/..%5c../..%5c../..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///msadc/..%5c../..%5c../..%5c/..\xc1^\../..\xc1^\../..\xc1^\../winn t/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/..\xc1^\../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/..\xc0\xaf../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/..\xc1\x9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/..%5c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe [Thu Jan 24 06:10:59 2002] [error] [client 212.37.199.145] File does not exist: /var/www///scripts/..%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe maybe 20 times the same sequence an then, Ouch! malloc failed in malloc_block() began to appear in apache error.log more and more until, /etc/syslog : Jan 24 06:13:54 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jan 24 06:14:41 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jan 24 06:15:30 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jan 24 06:15:58 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfserver... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfserver... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 8 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for init... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 8 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfexec... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 16 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: killing process cfexec Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfexec... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 12 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for mutt... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 3 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfrdsservice... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 3 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for klogd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 2 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfserver... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 2 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: killing process cfserver Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for apache-ssl... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for apache... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for cfserver... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 13 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: killing process cfserver Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for proftpd... Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 last message repeated 11 times Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: killing process proftpd Jan 24 06:15:59 sfa01 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd... Jan 24 06:25:01 sfa01 /USR/SBIN/CRON[12556]: (root) CMD ( test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily) and nothing but, Jan 24 09:14:39 sfa01 syslogd 1.3-3#33: restart. That's all folks if you have comments... Alexis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
