Re: Server reboots - a funny add-on.

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 12:51:27PM -0800, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> (Sorry for html format, I used it to highlight the items.)
> 
> Notice that the server reboots itself every 7 days, Sundays at about 4am
> to be exact. 
> 
> I can find no cron jobs under /var/spool/cron so I have no idea what
> else it could be.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?  I have facilities putting a line tap on, on
> the off chance the server is experiencing a voltage drop at that time.
> 
>  
> 
> Nov 23 04:02:02 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 23 04:26:17 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 23 04:26:17 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 23 07:00:54 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 23 07:00:54 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 24 09:07:17 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 24 09:07:17 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> [root cfs3 /]# cat /var/log/messages.1 |grep syslogd
> Nov 16 04:02:02 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 17 09:39:11 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 17 09:39:11 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 20 10:01:30 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 20 10:01:30 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 20 10:16:56 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 20 10:16:56 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 21 07:24:48 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 21 07:24:48 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> [root cfs3 /]# cat /var/log/messages.2 |grep syslogd
> Nov  9 04:02:01 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 13 11:22:08 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 13 11:22:08 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 13 12:01:29 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 13 12:01:29 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 13 12:25:35 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 13 12:25:36 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov 13 15:49:43 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov 13 15:49:43 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> [root cfs3 /]# cat /var/log/messages.3 |grep syslogd
> Nov  2 04:02:02 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  3 06:59:49 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  3 06:59:49 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov  4 09:41:13 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  4 09:41:13 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov  4 22:44:52 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  4 22:44:52 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov  5 03:49:07 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  5 03:49:07 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov  5 13:36:36 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  5 13:36:36 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> Nov  5 19:57:08 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
> Nov  5 19:57:08 cfs3 syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
> [root cfs3 /]# cat /var/log/messages.4 |grep syslogd
> Oct 26 04:02:02 cfs3 syslogd 1.4.1: restart. 

Are you sure it's rebooting?  Run "uptime" or "w" to see.

What you've shown is the restart done to syslogd after logrotate
rotates syslogd's logs (notably messages) every Sunday morning.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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