Linux – What does “Still Running” mean (Linux)

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$ last -x reboot
reboot system boot 4.4.0-46-generic Mon Nov 14 12:15 still running

What 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.

Best Answer

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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