[K12OSN] Mysterious server reboot

[Henry Burroughs]

Here's a snippet of /var/log/messages


Mar 24 08:49:10 discovery samba(pam_unix)[11194]: session closed for
user gbeall
Mar 24 08:49:13 discovery gdm[13709]: Ping to lslabn11.media.local:0
failed, whacking display!
Mar 24 08:49:30 discovery xinetd[14397]: warning: can't get client
address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Mar 24 08:49:30 discovery gconfd (rladd-13378): Exiting
Mar 24 08:49:31 discovery rpc.mountd: export request from 192.168.0.5
Mar 24 08:49:31 discovery fam[14397]: gnome-vfs user invalid request
number 7
Mar 24 08:49:31 discovery fam[14397]: gnome-vfs user invalid request
number 4
Mar 24 08:49:31 discovery fam[14397]: gnome-vfs user invalid request
number 5
Mar 24 08:49:31 discovery fam[14397]: gnome-vfs user invalid request
number 6
Mar 24 08:49:32 discovery gdm(pam_unix)[5808]: session closed for user
rladd
Mar 24 08:50:36 discovery smbd[9371]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP
server...
Mar 24 08:50:36 discovery smbd[9371]: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP
server after 1 attempt(s)
Mar 24 08:50:55 librarytc2 -- MARK --
Mar 24 08:52:15 discovery samba(pam_unix)[14555]: session opened for
user bstrecansky by (uid=0)
Mar 24 08:52:35 flounge -- MARK --
Mar 24 08:52:51 flounge2 -- MARK --
Mar 24 08:52:52 discovery init: open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or
directory
Mar 24 08:52:52 discovery shutdown: shutting down for system reboot
Mar 24 08:52:52 discovery init: Switching to runlevel: 6
Mar 24 08:52:52 discovery gconfd (arlibrarytc2-29318): Received signal
15, shutting down cleanly


It did crash during the reboot process (I had to finish powering it off
so I could bring it back up).... but that wouldn't explain the log
entry...

Would this be temperature related?  I've got an IBM eServer xSeries as
the TS.

Henry

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 10:03, Dale Sykora wrote:
> Henry Burroughs wrote:
> > Right after my class this morning while I was working on the server, all 
> > the clients in my room went gray screen, and then I noticed a broadcast 
> > message from root saying the server is going down for a reboot NOW!.
> 
> > I am at a loss at the moment.  The server is internal only, there are no 
> > outside direct connections to it.  Either I've been hacked or some 
> > student has found a way to reboot the server.
> 
> It might also be a software bug or hardware error.  Have you looked at 
> /var/log/messages a few lines above the reboot announcement?  You might 
> find some clues there.
> 
> Dale