Re: top is not working

[Alex de Joode <usura replay com>]

In article <199810241900 PAA28092 shell suntrix com> you wrote:

: Ok, now I'm comfortable enough with how things are done here to present you
: all with my problem in hopes that you can help me.

: This is on a 5.1 box (orig 2.0.34 kernel from the CD) that has been running
: flawlessly since July until about a week ago.  I normally admin that
: machine via ssh.  I also normally tail -f messages because this box is a
: shell user box.

You do keep track of redht errat's do you ? (top/ls/ etc are prima targets
if you have been hacked)

Do a 'rpm -Va' for data integrity.
Copy 'top/ls/du' from a cd and see if the output is different.
Check is /var/log/secure has been linked to /dev/null,

if any of the above doesn't check out you have a problem :)

G'd luck!
-aj-