Sunday, March 28, 2021

Re: The case of the phantom reboot

On 3/27/21 10:27 PM, David Newman wrote:
> OpenBSD 6.8 GENERIC#5 i386
>
> One of my systems rebooted at 03:01 local time today. I've seen kernel
> panics and bad hardware but I've never seen OpenBSD "just reboot" by
> itself, ever.
>
> There's no cron job that would do this. last(1) is no help; it shows the
> reboot command but not the shutdown that preceded it:
>
> root@ns ~ 4# last -f /var/log/wtmp.0
> reboot ~ Sat Mar 27 03:01
> root ttyp0 192.168.0.132 Wed Mar 24 11:23 - 11:23
> (00:00)
>
> wtmp.0 begins Wed Mar 24 11:23 2021
> root@ns ~ 5# last -f /var/log/wtmp.1
> root ttyp0 192.168.0.132 Tue Mar 16 21:30 - 21:30
> (00:00)
> root ttyp0 75.82.86.131 Tue Mar 16 13:14 - 21:30
> (08:15)
> root ttyp0 75.82.86.131 Sun Mar 14 21:20 - 21:29
> (00:08)
> root ttyp0 75.82.86.131 Sat Mar 13 17:42 - 21:13
> (03:31)
>
> The date gaps seem odd. I've ssh'd into this system multiple times
> between March 16-27. I don't see other signs of trouble in /var/log.
>
> I could use some help in looking for evidence of foul play, or "just" a
> hardware or software problem.
>
> Thanks in advance for further troubleshooting clues.
>
> dn
>
What kind of a machine is it running on? I remember having reboot
problems on certain HP and Supermicro servers with hardware watchdogs.

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Kristjan KomloĊĦi

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