On Thursday 20 January 2005 03:38 pm, Joachim Dagerot wrote: > >> I have got it before and took appropriate steps using the ideas > >> and tips from you guys. Now I have it again: > >> > >> Current situation on my head-less system is that I do have a > >> single SSH session up. Unfortunately it's not authenticated as > >> ROOT but as an ordinary user. > >> > >> When I try a "ls" I get : > >> > >> $ ls > >> ls: .: Too many open files in system > >> > >> Trying a su gives: > >> $ su > >> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Cannot open "/usr/lib/libutil.so.3" > >> > >> > >> I have a fairly huge RAID-5 system thatdislikes a power shutdown > >> so I rather want to reboot the machine manually. I certainly need > >> som help here and also more help on how to avoid this problem in > >> the future. > > > >I don't remember a previous message from you, but here is a link you > >may find helpful: > > > >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/09/26/Big_Scary_Daemons.html?pa > >ge=1 > > Good tip, unforunately I can't even run fstab: > $ su > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Cannot open "/usr/lib/libutil.so.3"
You mean you can't run fstat right? > > I seam to be stucked. Is there a way to do a su for a specific > program. I can't run 'su' but when I try shutdwon: > > $ shutdown -r now > -bash: /sbin/shutdown: Permission denied > > Looks like it's possible to run shutdown if I only hade the right > permission... > Can you run ps -aux and maybe kill some processes? I know it's unlikely but its the only thing I can think of, hopefully someone who knows more will offer better suggestions. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"