RE: How do I find out the cause for the hang?

Hoover Mark A AISC CONT <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.taroon.general
Message-ID <AAB0FE6BDB02BA4FAB9A1985D28CD820F6207B@aiscexch01.supship.navy.mil>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:23:27 +0530
> From: "unix syzadmin" <[email protected]>

> We have a RHEL AS 3 Update 6 server.  This server seems to 
> hang everyday since a couple of days. I tried to login
> (using telnet/ssh) when the users reported the problem.
> After I type the username at the login prompt the system 
> seems to hang.
> The only option for me would be to go to the lab and 
> power-off and power-on.
> 
> What could be the possible causes?.  How do I find out the 
> cause for the hang?.  Please suggest.

Are you using NFS mounted home directories?  We have our /home directory
mounted to a network appliance.  If for any reason your NFS mount becomes
"invalid" it'll cause logins to freze.  We've fixed it by doing a
mount/umount on the directory.

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