From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 4 08:04:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 A560416A420 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 08:04:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu) Received: from server.t-hosting.hu (server.t-hosting.hu [217.20.133.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B48E43D46 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 08:04:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.t-hosting.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 611859986DE; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:03:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from server.t-hosting.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.t-hosting.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19368-03; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:03:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.2.186] (catv-5062e7e3.catv.broadband.hu [80.98.231.227]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server.t-hosting.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A30E9986D8; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:03:56 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <440949EB.30902@t-hosting.hu> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:03:55 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erik Greenwald References: <4408D4D3.4030102@t-hosting.hu> <20060304001100.GA18574@smluc.org> In-Reply-To: <20060304001100.GA18574@smluc.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at t-hosting.hu Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Where am I? :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:04:00 -0000 Erik Greenwald wrote: >On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 12:44:19AM +0100, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>look at this: >> >>root@server# w >>12:41AM up 82 days, 10:05, 0 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 >>USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT >>root@server# >> >>Where am I? :) I don't know exactly how it happened, but I'll >>investigate, I have an idea and I'll report if I find out. >> >> > >I've seen that happen when the userland and kernel are out of sync. >(not too long ago, I did a "make buildworld kernel", was waiting for >an opportune time to installworld, and suffered some kinda failure >causing a reboot). > >Check the uname -a date and the date of /bin/w or something? perhaps >go through a cvsup/upgrade to try to sync things up? :) > > > No, they are in sync. :) Being out of sync for the kernel and the userland is not so common, because it derives from the forgetfullness of the administrator, but this trick can be triggered every time. Gabor Kovesdan