From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 12:29:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6516937B401 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 12:29:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4398A43FBF for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 12:29:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h57JSOsC008852; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:28:24 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:28:24 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser To: george donnelly In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030607162603.M39729-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-119.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: FreeBSD Q's Subject: Re: crash analysis X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 19:29:34 -0000 On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, george donnelly wrote: > I found my freebsd 4.7 server in a state of complete shutdown this morning. > I looked through the logs but did not find an obvious reason. > > Can anyone suggest where I should start looking to find out why the machine > shut down? try last(1). It should tell you if it was a crash or if someone rebooted the machine. Do you have crashdumps enabled? Fer