On Thursday 21 August 2003 11:11 pm, zhuravlev alexander wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:47:15PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > > On Thursday 21 August 2003 10:36 pm, zhuravlev alexander wrote: > > > [ please CC me, because I am not a list subscriber ] > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > We encounter with strange casual reboots of our server. > > > Does anyone know any tactics of investigation why > > > this happens. > > > > > > [ns:/u/zaa]>uname -rs > > > FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE > > > > For starters, make sure you have all of the security holes fixed. > > There is a list of advisories on the bottom right side of > > http://www.freebsd.org/ > > System are up to date > [ns:/u/zaa]>uname -v > FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Sat Aug 16 14:42:35 MSD 2003 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NS > > > If you are up todate, then it is a function of noticing what is > > going on when it reboots. You usually have a clue but seeing it can > > be a problem. > > I suppose, reboot can cause incorrect work of ftp server. (we use > standart out of the box ftpd). > Maybe we should switch to another ftp server. > Any recommendations which server should we choose? >
One thing is to make sure you have a good boot. You don't want the message about "/ was not properly dismounted" to be present. I don't have any other ideas. What I have seen on here are mostly things that were hardware. Cron would startup a job and the hardware would heat up or something and cause the system to panic. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
