From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 2 08:36:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04613 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:36:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from superior.mooseriver.com (superior.mooseriver.com [208.138.27.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04520 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:35:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by superior.mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07209; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:35:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgrosch) Message-ID: <19981102083524.A7190@mooseriver.com> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 08:35:24 -0800 From: Josef Grosch To: lvaughn , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: event log Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com References: <3.0.5.32.19981102111615.00816d00@mail.beaugraphics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981102111615.00816d00@mail.beaugraphics.com>; from lvaughn on Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 11:16:15AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 11:16:15AM -0500, lvaughn wrote: > New member to this listserve, and new user of FreeBSD. I'm sure my question > is very simple: > > My servers went down this weekend: how do I find out what time it actually > went down? Can I check an event log; what are my options? and how do I do it? /var/log/messages is a good place to start. Then try dmesg Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message