Hi Guys,

I rebooted my linode yesterday, and I don't seem able to get any external connections to it any more.

So i tried the emergency console - that works, but even if i stop the IP tables service and start the sshd one, ssh doesnt let me in, apache doesn't serve page etc.

i checked with ps aux what processes are running, and i can't see anything that would be stopping it.

Could you give me an idea of where else to look?
i can't see any sign of csf or other firewalls on there.

it's a CentOS 5.2 distro, i think.

Hi Jamesw,

Can you check your "ifcfg-eth0" file for a line containing "HWADDR" and comment it out if it's there? After updating, restart networking with "service networking restart" and see if that fixes things for you.

Thanks Stan, did that and it that works perfectly.

You are in fact, The Man

Great (and thanks !)