hello,

this morning, i did a reboot, but then my server never came back up. i had to seek help from my provider. i thought it was the firewall which blocks my access. but then found out in boot.log that the ip is used by someone else so i couldn't log in.

after reviewing the boot.log, i found that my other ips on the same server still brought up (ipaliases).

so i am just wondering, even if the main ip is illegally used by someone else, is there a way to login still? without adding a second nic and using a second port.

thank you.

If the main IP is being used by somebody else, log in using one of the other IP addresses (assuming the ssh daemon listens on those).

That way at least you'll have access to the server until the datacenter can address the issue.

--Shaun