Re: psad, aptitude, man, mutt, all suddenly broken on my Lenny server. I'm very concerned.

[Sam Kuper <sam.kuper@uclmail.net>]

2009/1/15 Sam Kuper <sam.kuper@uclmail.net>:
> I should add that because the system drive is encrypted, I can't do a
> remote reboot. So I'd like to try diagnostic attempts or solution
> attempts that don't require that, if possible. Otherwise, I'll power
> the system down until next week, when I'll have a chance to get
> physical access to the machine.

I need to get some sleep, so I figure it's probably best for me to
just switch the server off and leave it until I can get physical
access next week. However, I've tried 'poweroff' and 'shutdown now'
but they both just return "bash: /sbin/poweroff: Input/output error"
or similar.

Can anyone think of another reasonable way to turn the machine off
remotely, short of asking someone at the site to do a long press on
the power button?

Many thanks,

Sam