What does "Still Running" mean (Linux)?
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From the man page
The pseudo user reboot logs in each time the system is rebooted. Thus last reboot will show a log of all the reboots since the log file was created.
The reboot user hasn't logged out since you've rebooted, this is normal.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Gaff almost 2 years
$ last -x reboot reboot system boot 4.4.0-46-generic Mon Nov 14 12:15 still runningWhat does the "
still running" mean at the end of the log entry?- Did the server reboot?
- Is it going try later?
- Is it still rebooting, or is something else still running and it's waiting?
I've looked everywhere, but I can't find any reference to this.
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Dave Sherohman over 4 years"On my Lubuntu 14.04 it does not show "still running" for reboot. " I suspect it's kernel-version dependent. I see in your
last -xoutput that you're running a 3.13.0 kernel, while the OP is running 4.4.0. Checking on my own (Debian) systems, I get the "still running" on those running 4.x and 5.x kernels, but not 3.x.
