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re: Powering down the system
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 6:57 pm
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Posted by Jeff (957 messages posted)


Reboot the server. The note is probably just to warn you that it's a production box 
that must be up at all times.

If users are complaining that the system is down and you cannot successfully login, 
you have no other choice than to reboot.

Jeff






On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 5:39 am, Sam Okeh wrote:
>Greetings all,
>
>I got in this morning and got an email from one of our systems users indicating that
>the system is down.
>
>I went to the server and found a command prompt asking for password.
>
>I entered what I thought was the password 3 times but then I got this warning:
>
>"Halt! after 3 failed attempts, you must power down"
>
>yet there is a note on the screen that says, "Do not power off" of pull off power"
>
>Can you suggest to me what to do next, please?
>
>Thanks in advance



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