Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:30:09 -0800 From: gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com> To: Oliver Leitner <Shadow333@gmx.at> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: let me just throw this out there.. Message-ID: <efb858205012413304fd5f457@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4726274099439676073@unknownmsgid> References: <efb85820501241302334cb173@mail.gmail.com> <20050124211009.4825C43D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <efb858205012413146c33240e@mail.gmail.com> <4726274099439676073@unknownmsgid>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'll give that a shot. Thanks On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:19:21 +0100, Oliver Leitner <Shadow333@gmx.at> wrote: > ok, now open some tail -f 's and stay logged in monitoring them continuously, > also let a packet capture program like tcpdum run, from that box, and from > some other box on your network as well, to see if anything unusual comes > through... > > also check if that reboot happens again, and if so, if it happens at exactly > the same time again... > > And then set all daemons, that didnt startup with the machine to debug mode > logging, also look if they have existing startup files (...sh in rc.d, maybe > enabled through rc.conf...) > > just general error searching routines... > > Greetings > Oliver Leitner > Technical Staff > http://www.shells.at > > On Monday 24 January 2005 22:14, gabriel wrote: > > Yeah I'm the only root there, the only user with wheel access isnt > > even used often for that same reason. I checked the logs and oddly > > enough, it was all just like "reboot", nothing interesting or > > anything, I checked all the ssh logs and everything looks okay. The > > weird thing is the deamons not starting, thats just odd. As a matter > > of fact, the first thing I checked was df -h to see if may be /var or > > / was full, but no, everything was good. Again.. weird. > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:04:57 +0100, Oliver Leitner <Shadow333@gmx.at> wrote: > > > sounds like either powersurgery or you hit the wrong button to me... > > > also, are you the only one with root or power access to it? > > > > > > maybe some coworker stepped over the cable, or some other one thought he > > > could work with a bsd, and just did the shutdown -r now... > > > > > > in case you might wanna check all the logs, also the ones including > > > informations on who connected to that box. > > > > > > Also, its only a thought, but how much space is left on that system, do a > > > df -h and have a closer look... > > > > > > Greetings > > > Oliver Leitner > > > Technical Staff > > > http://www.shells.at > > > > > > On Monday 24 January 2005 22:02, gabriel wrote: > > > > Has it ever happened to anyone here where your computer (in this case, > > > > my gateway running ipfw+natd) just restarts out of nowhere. It isnt > > > > even a crash, it just restarted. Then when the computer came back up > > > > nothing was running, dhcpd, natd, cupsd everything was just not > > > > running. Weird. > > > > > > -- > > > By reading this mail you agree to the following: > > > > > > using or giving out the email address and any > > > other info of the author of this email is strictly forbidden. > > > By acting against this agreement the author of this mail > > > will take possible legal actions against the abuse. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > By reading this mail you agree to the following: > > using or giving out the email address and any > other info of the author of this email is strictly forbidden. > By acting against this agreement the author of this mail > will take possible legal actions against the abuse. > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?efb858205012413304fd5f457>