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Subject: Re: strange reboots
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On Thursday 21 August 2003 10:36 pm, zhuravlev alexander wrote:
> 	[ please CC me, because I am not a list subscriber ]
>
> 	Hi!
>
> 	We encounter with strange casual reboots of our server.
> 	Does anyone know any tactics of investigation why
> 	this happens.
>
> 	[ns:/u/zaa]>uname -rs
> 	FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE
>
>                                      -- zhuravlev alexander
>                                            u l s t u  n o c
>                                              (zaa@ulstu.ru)

For starters, make sure you have all of the security holes fixed. There 
is a list of advisories on the bottom right side of 
http://www.freebsd.org/

If you are up todate, then it is a function of noticing what is going on 
when it reboots. You usually have a clue but seeing it can be a 
problem.

Kent

-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html