Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 16:50:20 -0400 From: george donnelly <george@zettai.net> To: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Q's <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: crash analysis Message-ID: <BB07C84C.30CEE%george@zettai.net> In-Reply-To: <20030607162603.M39729-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
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[Fernando Gleiser wrote (fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) on 6/7/03 3:28 PM] > 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. here's an excerpt: reboot ~ Sat Jun 7 08:23 user1 ttyp0 IP Sat Jun 7 08:23 - crash (00:00) user 2 ttyp9 IP Fri Jun 6 21:21 - crash (11:02) user3 ttyp8 IP Fri Jun 6 21:20 - crash (11:02) Does crash always mean that there was eg a panic or exhaustion of resources? or could it also mean that the machine crashed as a result of a power-loss? > Do you have crashdumps enabled? I don't think so... <--> george donnelly - http://www.zettai.net/ - "We Love Newbies" :) Zope Hosting - Dynamic Website Design - Search Engine Promotion Yahoo, AIM: zettainet - MSN: zettainet@hotmail.com - ICQ: 51907738
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