[K12OSN] Weeklong Worrier: HELP!

[Alan A Hodson <ahodson elp rr com>]

Hi group

What started as an error last Friday (deleting CUPS and trying to 
install an upgrade) has taken me from being a warrior to being a 
worrier. The server has 7.6 gigs in the /home directories, including 
gradebooks from teachers that did not keep backups, and that needed 
to be in the office yesterday!

Basically the system is running in low res through the monitor 
attached to the server. I was hoping to:

a) copy the contents of some of the /home directories into floppies, 
but there's no /mnt/floppy - I could try mkdir /mnt/floppy, but I am 
unsure what to mount /dev/? after to activate it

b) format and copy (should (a) not work) a 32MB usb stick - I've used 
it with Macs so it needs to be reformated (or not?)

c) after looking at the official LTSP trouble shooting guide (Chapter 6)
I notice that
ps aux | grep dhcpd
gives root 23814 0.0 0.3 1676 820 ?   S 15:13 0:00 /usr/sbin/dhcp-eth0
The last entry is strange

iptables -L -v
gives a whole slew of REJECTED policies

and netstat -ap | grep xdmcp
gives NO response whatsoever!

I haven't quite finished all the tests, but the need to have the 
workstations "see the server" still remains a high priority.

I had the fortune of catching Eric Harrison on the phone for a few 
minutes, and he gave some very sound advice, like Gideon did 
yesterday. I have replaced dhcpd.conf with a stock file and 
started/restarted many times - to no avail.

Again, if someone has the time, I have the phone. The district blocks 
all chat, so that avenue is closed (darn!)

Cheers

Alan Hodson
El Paso ISD, TX (MST)
aahodson episd org
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