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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 1997 14:53:34 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        xiyuan qian <xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn>
Cc:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: crash?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970620145155.869H-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199706200856.IAA09890@npc.haplink.co.cn>

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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, xiyuan qian wrote:

> Hi, what's mean of the "crash" word in wtmp file? Today, I enter the last
> command to check the login and suddenly find there is many crashes in
> the last record. What's wrong about my host? My host acts as a mail server
> and DNS server and tacacs server.

'crash' means that there was no 'shutdown' entry in wtmp before a 'reboot' 
entry.  It means that the system was rebooted without being shut down 
properly.  What does uptime tell you?

/*  Daniel O'Callaghan                                                     */
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