[CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Justin Yao
Hi, My CentOS will reboot every several days. There's nothing in /var/log/messages. I want to find out why it reboots automatically. Is there any log I can look at? Or any suggestions to monitor the server activity? Thanks, Justin ___ CentOS mailing lis

Re: [CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Barry Brimer
> My CentOS will reboot every several days. There's nothing in > /var/log/messages. I want to find out why it reboots automatically. Is there > any log I can look at? Or any suggestions to monitor the server activity? You might try setting up remote syslogging to see if you catch anything extra t

Re: [CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Scott Ehrlich
Maybe look for cron jobs? Also, if you are on a network that has Internet access, see if you have a vulnerable kernel? On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Justin Yao wrote: > Hi Barry, > > Thanks for your suggestion. > The load of my server is very light. I'll give remote syslog a try. If > remote s

Re: [CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Justin Yao
Hi Barry, Thanks for your suggestion. The load of my server is very light. I'll give remote syslog a try. If remote syslog can't catch anything extra, is there any other clue? Thanks, Justin On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Barry Brimer wrote: > > My CentOS will reboot every several days. The

Re: [CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Matt Iavarone
On 09/06/2009 10:23 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: Justin Yao wrote: My CentOS will reboot every several days. There's nothing in /var/log/messages. I want to find out why it reboots automatically. Is there any log I can look at? Or any s

Re: [CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Justin Yao wrote: >> My CentOS will reboot every several days. There's nothing in >> /var/log/messages. I want to find out why it reboots automatically. Is >> there any log I can look at? Or any suggestions to monitor the server >> activity? >>

Re: [CentOS] Investigate the root cause of server reboot

2009-09-06 Thread Les Mikesell
Justin Yao wrote: > Hi, > > My CentOS will reboot every several days. There's nothing in > /var/log/messages. I want to find out why it reboots automatically. Is > there any log I can look at? Or any suggestions to monitor the server > activity? > Odds are that it is hardware related (power su