D'oh! moments

[Gregory Boyce]

Enable serial console on the server.  Then you can attach your laptop to
the server using a null-modem cable, and log in through there.  If
you're laptop doesnt' have a serial port, there are usb to serial
adaptors available.

You probably have documentation available on how to set this up in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt.

Alternatively, you could write a script that checks for certain bad
situations on your server (sshd down, no interface, etc), and have it
run on a regular basis.  If you do something stupid, the script might
fix it... assuming it's one of the bad things you programmed it to know
about.

On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 18:58, Duane Morin wrote:
> When I take the laptop in to the office I execute an "ifdown eth0" 
> before going home so that I dont accidentally try to fire up some
> net-sensitive app and have to wait for a timeout.
> 
> Today I did that from a terminal window and found myself saying
> "Why is it taking so long?" before realizing that i had accidentally
> done it in a window where I was ssh'd in to the server.  That smarts.
> 
> What do people do in a situation like that?  The machine in my
> basement has no head, and the only monitor in the house is my
> flatscreen up in the office.  So doing stuff local on the server
> means having to take apart my Windows machine and lug the monitor 
> downstairs, possibly just to issue a 3 second command.
> 
> Duane
> 
> 
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