[ale] uptime logs?

[Dow Hurst]

You can cron a "last" command and an "uptime" command so that the output 
is piped thru the mailx command.  That would give you a constant input 
of who is logging in and the current uptime.
Dow


Ryan Matteson wrote:

> Preston Boyington wrote:
>
>> I have been asked if there is some way of figuring the uptime and 
>> intervals of uptime of a machine.  I have never thought much about 
>> this, so I don't know if there is a log written somewhere.
>> Also they wish to know if a user shut the system down or if it was a 
>> power issue, etc.
>>
>>  From what I gather they want to be able to say "in June the system 
>> was up blah days until Joe installed the new hardware.  Before that 
>> we were up blah."
>>
>> Other than that I don't know any specifics.
>>
>> Preston
>>
>
> The uptime value is maintained by the kernel, and it pollable
> through libc or the proc interface. You could use a combination
> of last and uptime to determine to the best of your knowledge
> what took teh system down. If the bx magically rebooted, it is
> prob best to look at the logs (secure syslog can be used to send
> copies of logfile messages elsewhere) and who was on the system when
> this happened. Barring that no one tampered with the logs, this can
> be helpful in coorelating activities.
>
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