Hello people,

My solaris server is rebooting, not sure how!!! Which log should I look in to? I checked /var/adm/messages and dmesg also. How do I check older dmesg logs? I checked lastlog and also ran the last command. Nothing useful pointing to why server rebooted.

Also when server reboots I want apache to also come up with it? For eg: I can give ./apachectl -k start in a startup script. Where is the startup script for the OS?

Thanks in advance...

What is the server model?

If possible connect to the console to watch for any error messages.

Alter /etc/syslog.conf to include *.debug in the line that points to /var/adm/messages then restart syslogd.

I use this:
If you use that be sure to take out the space between .none and /var and insert a single TAB

To have apache start on boot put the apachectl command into an executable script and save it to /etc/rc3.d/S99mywebsite

"My solaris server is rebooting, not sure how!!! "
Are you talking abt a system panic? I don't get you as why you're talking abt apache in the midst of server reboot issue.

Sorry abt that....i guess I was not clear enough ...Actually those are two different topics....the apache is my doubt...coz once the server reboots apache wont come up on its own...got it? So I was thinking of adding a script somewhere...I got from the /var/adm/logs that a memory module is faulty, have to replace that...however since two days it has not rebooted...lets see..Hope now am clear enough now...

Check the /etc/rc3.d/S50apache. Is it disabled? Any OS hardening done recently to start up apache? can you perform ps -ef |grep http? There will be 2 apache instances. One in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc3.d. Are you sure which you're asking abt really? Is the web service?