[geeks] Perle Terminal Server - what's the magic incantaion for Break?

[Brian Dunbar]

velociraptor wrote:
> On 10/10/06, brian.dunbar at liftport.com <brian.dunbar at liftport.com> wrote:
>> Ctrl - Break causes the console to reset and displays the console login
>> prompt.  It doesn't drop me to the OK prompt.
>>
>> I'm wondering if the old administrator monkeyed around with the term
>> server so it would NOT throw a break?
> 
> Post the LOM suggestion, if it's still not working...
> 
> You should also check the system will even accept a break.  Turning
> that off (temporarily), or alternately, setting the "alternate" break
> sequence (see the SunHelp FAQ) is a good way to protect servers from
> going to "OK" if you need to do maintenance on your terminal server
> and you're not sure it's break safe.  The previous sys admin may have
> done this and not documented it.
> 

I found out that the old senior admin had disabled at the terminal 
server the ctrl/break ability to drop to the OK promptfrom a concern 
that some poor sap would issue ctrl break on a production box.

LOM is a good idea but like many of those we lack the management support 
to find the time for that.  We've been in fire-fighting mode for going 
on three years now.  It's getting old, and has a great deal to do with 
why the 'old' senior admins and team lead are long gone and much happier.

Didn't mean to kvetch, but the expedient solution is to jack a laptop 
into the server you want to bring down.  Which requires you to trek to 
the data center which in the winter time means a slog though snow and 
slush ... bah.

-- 
Brian Dunbar
System Administrator
Liftport - The Space Elevator Company

brian.dunbar at liftport.com
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