If the terminal is not showing the login prompt,what's the
1st thing you should check?and how do you solve the problem?

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If the terminal is not showing the login prompt,what's the 1st thing you should check?and how..

Answer / lokesh

First check if the host is up. Try ping, then traceroute
and nslookup to check if the server is down.

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If the terminal is not showing the login prompt,what's the 1st thing you should check?and how..

Answer / mallick

The $HOME must be an NFS mount and it's hanging.
The system must be swapping.
Not sure but if /etc/nologin is touched.

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