Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-25 Thread francis picabia
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 08:28:08PM -0400, francis picabia wrote: > > Here is the exercise anyone reading can try: > > > > Prove to yourself exactly when you rebooted your Debian system(s) > > arc3:~$ uptime > 08:44:40

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-25 Thread Joe
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:33:37 + Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Joe: > > > Using strings /var/log/journal/*/* | grep debian-kernel [...] > > > > Or one could just use journalctl . > Hit send too early. On a systemd-based installation, yes.

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-25 Thread Joe
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:33:37 + Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Joe: > > > Using strings /var/log/journal/*/* | grep debian-kernel [...] > > > > Or one could just use journalctl . > On a systemd-based installation, yes. For looking at logs

What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-24 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Joe: Using strings /var/log/journal/*/* | grep debian-kernel [...] Or one could just use journalctl .

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 08:28:08PM -0400, francis picabia wrote: > Here is the exercise anyone reading can try: > > Prove to yourself exactly when you rebooted your Debian system(s) arc3:~$ uptime 08:44:40 up 8 days, 31 min, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00 Everything's easy on a live,

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-23 Thread francis picabia
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:28:33 -0400 > francis picabia wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Greg Wooledge > > wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 02:12:04PM -0400, francis

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-23 Thread Joe
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:28:33 -0400 francis picabia wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Greg Wooledge > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 02:12:04PM -0400, francis picabia wrote: > > > I'm running Debian 8.6, and looking at old logs. I'd like

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-23 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-01-23 14:12 -0400, francis picabia wrote: > I'm running Debian 8.6, and looking at old logs. I'd like to confirm when > the system was rebooted to invoke the newer kernel which fixed > the Dirty COW bug. With systemd, I'm not seeing the old signs > like the announcement of the kernel

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-23 Thread francis picabia
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 02:12:04PM -0400, francis picabia wrote: > > I'm running Debian 8.6, and looking at old logs. I'd like to confirm > when > > the system was rebooted to invoke the newer kernel which fixed > >

Re: What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 02:12:04PM -0400, francis picabia wrote: > I'm running Debian 8.6, and looking at old logs. I'd like to confirm when > the system was rebooted to invoke the newer kernel which fixed > the Dirty COW bug. last | grep boot or, apparently (according to the man page): last

What in /var/logs shows system reboot?

2017-01-23 Thread francis picabia
I'm running Debian 8.6, and looking at old logs. I'd like to confirm when the system was rebooted to invoke the newer kernel which fixed the Dirty COW bug. With systemd, I'm not seeing the old signs like the announcement of the kernel version. If I have a complete copy of my /var/log from last