What is your OS ? It depends where such logs are stored, usually /var/log.
Also, if your system is BSD, you can use "lastcomm|grep shutdown" EDIT : I just saw that Linux has it too, I wasn't aware of that.
if you don't have it configured - it is easy :
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To start the process accounting facilities on your system, su to become root. Make sure that the log file exists by performing a touch on the desired location. Example:
Then type the full path to your accton program (usually /usr/sbin/accton or /sbin/accton) followed by the filename. Example:
Otherwise, just go through the logs, search for the shutdown/reboot event, use "last" to see who has been logged in at this particular time, and you will find it.
Hi
I have a mix of solaris 8,9 & 10. I need to have our 6 Solaris servers shutdown buy a script that will be executed by APC network Shutdown software
Im really not sure how I would write a script to shut them down and the following processes?
the processes are
portmapper
seq
seq_api... (1 Reply)
i really dont know any other way to put it besides that Ubuntu 8.04, that i just installed on my computer hangs when it shuts down. the bar depletes the orange like it should, but it never actually shuts down.
anyone know whats going on? (3 Replies)
Hey all,
I have attached an image of a problem that I've been having since last night. My computer will be on no more than 5-10 min and I'll get this message that pops up and my computer shutsdown.
I know for a fact my computer is not overheated becasue I will have it off for hours and then... (7 Replies)
Hi,
i have several client machines connected to a server..how do i shutdown a specific client from server using shell scripts?? is it possible to use socket programming to establish a connection before doing this? (need a code in 'c')
thanking you
tanvi (1 Reply)
on solaris 8 i edited file rc0 in /sbin at last line
ex.
/sbin/sync; /sbin/sync; /sbin/sync
# Unmount file systems. /usr, /var, /var/adm, /var/run are not unmounted by
# umountall because they are mounted by rcS (for single user mode) rather than
# mountall. If this is changed,... (1 Reply)
Hi All, I am pretty new to unix type languages. At work we have a server room with about 50 windows computers in one system and 50 in a unix system. We sometimes have power outages and I don't like the power slam. I wrote a windows batch file using sysinternals help to shutdown the windows... (4 Replies)
I just installed this 11.2 ver and when I tell it to shutdown it takes for ever then just hangs with this just a little bit of that red line left to go, then it just sits there like forever until I get tired of looking at it then force a shutdown by holding my power button down until my laptop... (8 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
wtmpx
UTMPX(5) BSD File Formats Manual UTMPX(5)NAME
utmpx, wtmpx, lastlogx -- user accounting database
SYNOPSIS
#include <utmpx.h>
DESCRIPTION
In contrast to utmp and wtmp, the extended databases in utmpx and wtmpx reserve more space for logging hostnames, and also information on a
process' ID, termination signal and exit status.
The <utmpx.h> header defines the structures and functions for logging user. Currently logged in users are tracked in /var/run/utmpx, a list
of all logins and logouts, as well as all shutdowns, reboots and date changes, is kept in /var/log/wtmpx, and the last login of each user is
noted in /var/log/lastlogx.
The interface to the utmpx file is described in getutxent(3).
The wtmpx file can grow rapidly on busy systems, and is normally rotated with newsyslog(8).
In the event of a date change, a shutdown, or a reboot, the following items are logged in the wtmpx file:
date The system time has been manually or automatically updated by date(1). The command name date is recorded in the field
ut_name. In the field ut_line, the character '|' indicates the time prior to the change, and the character '{' indicates
the new time.
reboot
shutdown A system reboot or shutdown has been initiated. The character '~' is placed in the field ut_line, and reboot or shutdown
in the field ut_name (see shutdown(8) and reboot(8)), using logwtmpx(3).
FILES
/var/run/utmpx The utmpx file.
/var/log/wtmpx The wtmpx file.
/var/log/lastlogx The lastlogx file.
SEE ALSO last(1), login(1), rwho(1), w(1), who(1), endutxent(3), logwtmpx(3), utmp(5), ac(8), init(8), newsyslog(8), reboot(8)BSD January 31, 2007 BSD