Random reboots

[nerbonne]

I have a server running Suse Enterprise Server 10.2 which backs up 10 other linux web servers once a month. Recently, I've been noticing that the server displays a clean desktop instead of having windows open on it. This tells me that the server rebooted, but I have not done it.

Can anyone tell me what log file or where to start to see why this server is rebooting. I suspect that a disk is going bad and that is possibly causing it? I don't think it is heat related since it is relatively cool right now compared to other times when I've been running (also the AC is on at 74 degrees).

 

[BadBigBen]

Logs can be found here: /var/log directory

also take a look at: /var/log/dmesg - This log file is written upon system boot. It contains messages from the kernel that were raised during the boot process.

source: Librenix

Ben
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[exsnafu]

run "last"

this will show you whos logged in, reboots/crashes etc

 

[nerbonne]

There were alot of errors in /var/log/messages, so I disabled the web server since I wasn't using it anyways and it seems to be fine now. We'll see...

Thanks for the help.