topic Re: System log in Operating System - Linux

System log

peterchu — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 03:19:03 GMT

We are running the RH 8.0 system , if the system was halt suddenly , which system log will report it ? which log should I check to find the halt reason ? thx.

Re: System log

Claudio Cilloni — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 03:22:46 GMT

I think you should look into /var/log/messages . This is the system log.

hth,
Claudio

Re: System log

Guru Dutta — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 04:22:25 GMT

Hi

To find out the halt reason i think ypu should have a look in syslogd's logfiles which can be determined by viewing /etc/syslog.conf

Re: System log

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:32:43 GMT

If you just pull the plug, you might not get a stop message in /var/log/messages.

You will see plenty of complaints about dirty filesystems and fsck when you start the system back up.

SEP

Re: System log

peterchu — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:08:59 GMT

where can find the fsck log when restart ? thx.

Re: System log

Stuart Browne — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:51:13 GMT

If it's not in '/var/log/dmesg', '/var/log/boot.log' or '/var/log/messages', then it isn't logged.