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Old 04-20-2005, 01:31 PM   #1
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Hi there

Woke up this morning to the unexpected noise of my linux box mysteriously rebooting itself. I have looked in the logs for why this might have happened, but nothing. They all just seem to come to a stop with no explanation.

Anyone know of a reason why this could have happened? Should I be worried?

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Old 04-20-2005, 02:01 PM   #2
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A short power cut maybe? Overheating?
 
Old 04-20-2005, 02:01 PM   #3
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what do u get for

last root
 
Old 04-20-2005, 02:27 PM   #4
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Hi there

- Short powercut: Its certainly feasible, but surprised it would reboot rather than just not restart? Also, no clocks in the house needed resetting, so i'm thinking perhaps not?

- Overheating: I suspect not, because it rebooted straight away and has been on ever since with no probs.

- Last root...nothing unusual.

I think I might just put this one down to "just one of those things" unless it starts happening on a more regular basis...
 
Old 04-20-2005, 02:42 PM   #5
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i wanted to whether u had a normal reboot or system crash etc

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Old 04-20-2005, 02:45 PM   #6
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I would run chkrootkit just in case. Also, the logs show nothing at all? No unusual logins or anything?
 
Old 04-20-2005, 02:45 PM   #7
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last entry does say "crash"...
 
Old 04-20-2005, 02:59 PM   #8
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Quote:
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last entry does say "crash"...
Last entry in what?
 
Old 04-20-2005, 03:04 PM   #9
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Last entry in what?
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Old 04-20-2005, 03:06 PM   #10
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Exactly. "last root" shows "crash" next to the last entry.
 
Old 04-20-2005, 03:24 PM   #11
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so we now know that was a crash
this can happen due to power loss ....
 
Old 04-20-2005, 03:40 PM   #12
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Yeah, perhaps it was just a spike or something....

I'll keep an eye on it...

Thx for all your advice guys!
 
Old 04-20-2005, 09:55 PM   #13
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power loss can be just one option
if u could analyse ur logs more then maybe u can see if that reboot was not due to some other reasons


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