Bob Foster wrote: > > Hi, > > Yesterday I successfully compiled and installed openssl-0.9.6b on RedHat > Linux 6.1. Immediately, I couldn't log on (as root or as a regular user) > to the Linux box from the console although I could log on using ssh from > another computer. In addition, when a workstation within the subnet which > had been turned off was booted up, it received the error that it's ip > address was in use. So, I shut down the Linux box and then the > workstation booted OK.
Hmmm... 6.1 didn't include OpenSSL, and so didn't have any dependencies on it. What is the history of this machine? Were you upgrading an existing OpenSSL installation, for example? What else was on the machine that depended on OpenSSL? If you can get into single-user mode or boot with a floppy, what do you see in the log files? The business about the Linux box taking the IP address of some other workstation sounds unrelated. It's strange that it happened coincident with the OpenSSL install, but it's hard to imagine how it's related. Are you using DHCP or static addresses? If the other workstation had been turned off, perhaps the DHCP server gave the Linux box its old address? > Today I started the Linux box and I can't logon from the console or > through ssh. I realize that it's probably back to the install disks for > me, but does anyone have any insight to what would cause this nightmare? > (I don't believe that I've been hacked.) The insight is this: There is a chain of logical reasoning that leads back from your symptoms to the cause. If you didn't rebuild OpenSSH when you upgraded OpenSSL, that could be part of your problem. I don't see the connection between OpenSSL and console logins, but you know your system better than I. Ask yourelf, "How is OpenSSL related to the process of logging in on the console?" Examine the logs for clues. Perhaps you will follow the chain to a resolution. If you uncover more clues but still don't have a solution, post back here. Good luck! Paul Allen -- Boeing Phantom Works \ Paul L. Allen, (425) 865-3297 Math & Computing Technology \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] POB 3707 M/S 7L-40, Seattle, WA 98124-2207 \ Prototype Systems Group ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
