Why does Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server reboot with "signal 15" messages in /var/log/messages?
Issue
- Server rebooted with "signal 15."
- Server automatically rebooted.
- Server unexpectedly rebooted.
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What does
exiting on signal 15
mean in/var/log/messages
?shutdown: shutting down for system reboot init: Switching to runlevel: 6 [...] exiting on signal 15 syslogd 1.4.1: restart. syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
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Server rebooted unexpectedly with the shutdown message in
/var/log/messages
.<hostname> shutdown[7180]: shutting down for system reboot <--- This log shows manual REBOOT triggered by someone <hostname> snmpd[4058]: cmaX: subMIB 18 handler has disconnected <hostname> sshd[7113]: Transferred: sent 5192, received 3424 bytes <hostname> snmpd[4058]: cmaX: subMIB 1 handler has disconnected <hostname> . <hostname> . <hostname> . <hostname> snmpd[4058]: cmaX: subMIB 21 handler has disconnected <hostname> snmpd[4058]: cmaX: subMIB 22 handler has disconnected <hostname> snmpd[4058]: cmaX: subMIB 23 handler has disconnected <hostname> hpasmxld[4551]: Process has been instructed to stop from the user interface. Stopping hpasmxld process. . . <hostname> xinetd[4114]: Exiting... <hostname> vasd[25173]: vasd IPC handler (PID 25173) exiting <hostname> vasd[11150]: vasd parent process (PID 11150) exiting <hostname> kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:04.6 disabled <hostname> ntpd[4129]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 <hostname> vasproxyd[11280]: 11280: Got SIGTERM/SIGINT. Shutting down... <hostname> rpc.statd[3730]: Caught signal 15, un-registering and exiting. <hostname> portmap[9171]: connect from 127.0.0.1 to unset(status): request from unprivileged port <hostname> kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. <hostname> kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. <hostname> exiting on signal 15 <hostname> syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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