server hangs!

[A.Fadyushin at it-centre.ru]

What are the last messages in /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg written there immediately before the server hanged? You should also check the messages written to the server console screen (if it is available).

Alexey Fadyushin.
Brainbench MVP for Linux.
http://www.brainbench.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of darshak
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:54 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: server hangs!
> 
> Hi,
> How can i find that Why server is hanging? Is it a hardware/software
> issue?
> Any Log that we can check for that?
> 
> Urgent help needed.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Burger" <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: About Shutdown Log Messages
> 
> 
> > Another thought is this:
> >
> > Usually, an account must have root authority to run the
> shutdown/init/halt
> > processes, anyhow.
> >
> > Assuming that your regular users don't, already, have root access to the
> > system(s) in question, you could restrict access to those commands via
> > sudo.
> >
> > Commands issued via sudo are logged in /var/log/secure, and appear
> > something like this:
> >
> > May 15 06:00:02 burgers sudo:  mburger : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/home/mburger
> ;
> > USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_members somecommand
> >
> > On Fri, May 19, 2006 2:20 pm, Fábio Augusto wrote:
> >> Hi Emilio,
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot, I think it will help a lot! :)
> >>
> >> Regards!
> >>
> >> 2006/5/19, Emilio Casbas <ecasbas at unav.es>:
> >>>
> >>> Fábio Augusto wrote:
> >>> > Good Morning List,
> >>> >
> >>> > I would like to check if there is a way to create a log for the
> >>> > shutdown/init/halt command, where every time the machine is
> restarted
> >>> or
> >>> > halted, I can check which user has submitted the turn off command.
> >>> >
> >>> > Regards
> >>> >
> >>> Good Afternoon :)
> >>>
> >>> Why do you want create the log if they've already exist?
> >>>
> >>> #man last
> >>> #man wtmp
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Emilio C.
> >>>
> >>>
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