Thanks Michael and Rusty. The last entry in /var/log/messages on both machines occured at 19:30 until I turned the machines back on in the morning. -Brian On Thursday 14 June 2001 13:49, Michael Leone wrote: > As root, edit /var/log/messages. Go to bottom, and work your way back > upwards. > Look for a line similar to > > Jun 14 3:484:06 minas-arc.ssyslogd 1.4-0: restart. > Jun 14 3:484:06 minas-arc.ssyslog: syslogd startup succeeded > > This will be the start time of the last boot. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "mandrake expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:12 AM > Subject: [expert] how can I tell when computer shutoff due to power > failure? > > > I have 2 MDK8.0 PC's that were shutoff when I came in yesterday morning. > > I never turn them off and suspect that a power failure was responsible. > > Is there anyway to tell what time they were shutoff? > > > > Thanks, > > Brian
