poweroff ( one word) is a command to shutdown the server. On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Kyle O'Donnell <redhat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > will 'last' tell you? > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:04:58 -0500, Sanjay Chakraborty > <sanjaychakrab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> It happens because some one might have run "poweroff". This command >> not let any output in any log file. >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:18 PM, hike <mh1272@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> the UNIX last command lists reboots and shutdowns from the command line. >>> the RHEL last should do the same thing (IIRC, it does but we rarely use last >>> on linux boxes). >>> if it doesn't list anything, that means the shutdown/reboot was not caused >>> by a command such as shutdown or reboot. this indicates a spontaneous >>> shutdown caused by any number of things--power outage, drastic software or >>> hardware problems, etc. >>> this is what you asked for, isn't it. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:24 AM, ESGLinux <esggrupos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> yes it´s avaliable but I don´t see anything about the shutdown :-( >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> ESG >>>> >>>> 2010/11/12 hike <mh1272@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> > isn't the last command still available in RHEL? >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:27 AM, ESGLinux <esggrupos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > Hi, >>>> > > >>>> > > I think something put the finger in the power, because I don´t get any >>>> > log >>>> > > in messages or other file. >>>> > > >>>> > > Now I´m going to investigate who has made that without telling nothing >>>> > > :-((( >>>> > > >>>> > > Thanks >>>> > > >>>> > > ESG >>>> > > >>>> > > 2010/11/11 Dennis Comeaux <dennis.comeaux@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> > > >>>> > > > Have you tried /var/log/messages? I have notes in there about Kernel >>>> > > > logging stopping when it goes down. If someone just gave the machine >>>> > the >>>> > > > finger (hit the power button and held it down so it went down without >>>> > an >>>> > > > ACPI poweroff call), then you won't have anything. I think it may >>>> also >>>> > > be >>>> > > > recorded in /var/log/daemon.log on some installs. However WHO >>>> > requested >>>> > > it >>>> > > > may or may not be. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:05 AM, ESGLinux <esggrupos@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> wrote: >>>> > > > >>>> > > > > Hi All, >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > I have arrived today at work and I have found a RHEL 5 server >>>> > poweroff. >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > I want to know what has happened. So, I first want to know if >>>> someone >>>> > > has >>>> > > > > executed shutdown/halt/poweroff or any other command that can power >>>> > off >>>> > > > the >>>> > > > > machine, >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > I have checked the messages file but I cant see nothing: >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > Nov 4 12:24:34 www smartd[2097]: In the system's table of devices >>>> NO >>>> > > > > devices found to scan >>>> > > > > Nov 4 12:24:34 www smartd[2097]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 0 SCSI >>>> devices >>>> > > > > Nov 4 12:24:34 www smartd[2099]: smartd has fork()ed into >>>> background >>>> > > > mode. >>>> > > > > New PID=2099. >>>> > > > > Nov 5 09:20:01 www syslogd 1.4.1: restart. >>>> > > > > Nov 5 09:20:02 www kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg >>>> > > started. >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > at 09:20 I restart the machine. >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > With the sar command I see this: >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > 06:40:02 AM all 0.10 0.00 0.08 0.48 >>>> > 0.01 >>>> > > > > 99.33 >>>> > > > > 06:50:01 AM all 0.11 0.00 0.07 0.36 >>>> > 0.01 >>>> > > > > 99.45 >>>> > > > > 07:00:01 AM all 0.13 0.00 0.07 0.80 >>>> > 0.01 >>>> > > > > 98.98 >>>> > > > > Average: all 0.12 0.00 0.07 0.80 >>>> > 0.01 >>>> > > > > 98.99 >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > 09:19:48 AM LINUX RESTART >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > 09:30:01 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait >>>> > %steal >>>> > > > > %idle >>>> > > > > 09:40:01 AM all 0.60 0.00 0.11 5.57 >>>> > 0.01 >>>> > > > > 93.71 >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > So between 07:00 and 07:10 the system goes down, but WHY??? >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > with the ausearch command I get this: >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > time->Fri Nov 5 07:01:01 2010 >>>> > > > > type=CRED_ACQ msg=audit(1288936861.670:3707): user pid=9601 uid=0 >>>> > > > > auid=4294967295 msg='PAM: setcred acct="root" : >>>> exe="/usr/sbin/crond" >>>> > > > > (hostname=?, addr=?, terminal=cron res=success)' >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > time->Fri Nov 5 07:01:01 2010 >>>> > > > > type=LOGIN msg=audit(1288936861.670:3708): login pid=9601 uid=0 old >>>> > > > > auid=4294967295 new auid=0 >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > time->Fri Nov 5 07:01:01 2010 >>>> > > > > type=USER_START msg=audit(1288936861.720:3709): user pid=9601 uid=0 >>>> > > > auid=0 >>>> > > > > msg='PAM: session open acct="root" : exe="/usr/sbin/crond" >>>> > (hostname=?, >>>> > > > > addr=?, terminal=cron res=success)' >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > time->Fri Nov 5 07:01:01 2010 >>>> > > > > type=CRED_DISP msg=audit(1288936861.730:3710): user pid=9601 uid=0 >>>> > > auid=0 >>>> > > > > msg='PAM: setcred acct="root" : exe="/usr/sbin/crond" (hostname=?, >>>> > > > addr=?, >>>> > > > > terminal=cron res=success)' >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > time->Fri Nov 5 07:01:01 2010 >>>> > > > > type=USER_END msg=audit(1288936861.730:3711): user pid=9601 uid=0 >>>> > > auid=0 >>>> > > > > msg='PAM: session close acct="root" : exe="/usr/sbin/crond" >>>> > > (hostname=?, >>>> > > > > addr=?, terminal=cron res=success)' >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > time->Fri Nov 5 09:20:00 2010 >>>> > > > > type=DAEMON_START msg=audit(1288945200.613:9651): auditd start, >>>> > > > ver=1.7.17 >>>> > > > > format=raw kernel=2.6.18.8-xen auid=4294967295 pid=1440 res=success >>>> > > > > ---- >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > If the systems goes down because of power failure or something >>>> > strange, >>>> > > > is >>>> > > > > there any way to check it? 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