Can someone please help?

I have setup a linux RedHat 8.0 server that has been running for quite some time. A few days ago, we had a power outage and my red hat connection has not been working properly.

I can...
1. Browser the Web - send outgoing requests
2. Ping my website cabcministries.org

I can't
1. See my website cabcministries.org
2. ssh to my website.

Some odd things that I see...
1- /var/log/secure (is this normal)
Jun 22 13:43:38 titan xinetd[806]: START: ftp pid=12527 from=217.231.110.246
Jun 22 13:44:36 titan xinetd[806]: EXIT: ftp pid=12527 duration=58(sec)
Jun 24 17:53:22 titan xinetd[813]: START: sgi_fam pid=1897 from=<no address>
Jun 25 20:47:57 titan xscreensaver[2162]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY ":0.0", FOR
"joelle"
Jun 26 22:32:49 titan xinetd[798]: START: sgi_fam pid=1374 from=<no address>
Jun 26 22:52:40 titan xinetd[783]: START: sgi_fam pid=1395 from=<no address>
Jun 26 22:58:27 titan xinetd[787]: START: sgi_fam pid=1371 from=<no address>
Jun 26 23:05:07 titan xinetd[789]: START: sgi_fam pid=1389 from=<no address>
Jun 26 23:13:44 titan xinetd[791]: START: sgi_fam pid=1363 from=<no address>
2.
[root@titan log]# ps -ef | grep apache
apache 927 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 928 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 929 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 930 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 931 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 932 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 933 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache 934 914 0 Jun26 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
Should there be that many httpds running?

It seems like something larger than just my apache and ssh daemons are down.

Any suggestions?

thanks,
Joelle

Sorry, I think we need a few explanations first.

1. What "redhat connection" isn't working - is this from the redhat server to the internet?

2. When you browse - is the browser running on the redhat box? Are you using the RH box as a router? is it hosting your website? or some combination of the above? Sorry, but these are all possible and I can't guess which.

3. The stuff in /var/log/secure sounds normal enough to me, IF someone has made an FTP connection, someone typed a wrong password into the screensaver and you are using sgi_fam. If not, then it's suspicious.

4. apache does run as several processes called httpd - there's a config directive saying how many to start up which comes set to "StartServers 8" - see /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.

1. redhat connection? - this is just the term that I am trying to use to explain the problem. Basically it means that no one can access my server from the outside via http, ssh.

2- I am hosting a website. All I was saying concerning browsing, was that I able to do this. I can surf the web so it is not like my router (netgear) or my dsl connection (earthlink) is down.

Sorry about my bad explainations. I really don't know what is going on. All I know is that I once had a server that worked, but no people can no longer get to my website. This is not a problem with domain/ip mapping. I have tested that already.

Thanks,
Joelle

hey mate i can connect to your home page it says welcome to baptist avenue churc. so it is working

Typing "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network status" would be the first logical step.

Apache keeps that many child processes open so that it can serve multiple clients concurrently.

first step :
all from server console
ping 127.0.0.1 ok ? ( no netcard problem )
ping IPofyourserver ok ? ( no netcard problem)
lynx 127.0.0.1 ok ? ( no apache problem )
ssh 127.0.0.1 ok ? (ssh deamon problem )
do this from other computer
problem may be with route or firewall