Lost access to server

[Ryan Rix]

You should just be able to re-run your deployment script and restore your 
nightly backup, though, right?

On Wed 27 March 2013 19:53:17 keith smith wrote:
> Well it is gone.  Yikes!!  I guess I have to start all over.
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> Keith Smith
> 
> --- On Wed, 3/27/13, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com>
> Subject: Re: Lost access to server
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 7:42 PM
> 
> On 03/27/2013 07:20 PM, keith smith wrote:
> > Got in via rescue disk.  Mounted /dev/sda1 and /etc is missing as is
> > /home not sure how that happens.
> 
> Yup, that would do it.  No password to auth against, and even if there
> were there is no home directly to drop you into... so no login.
> 
> > Looks like I have to do a new install.  Yikes!!
> 
> Do a find for them, if you were just mv-ing stuff around its probably
> just some place else, and just needs to be moved back.
> 
> Brian
> 
> > ------------------------
> > Keith Smith
> >
> > --- On *Wed, 3/27/13, keith smith /<klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
> >     From: keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>
> >     Subject: Lost access to server
> >     To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> >     Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 6:46 PM
> >
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     I have a LAMP server setup in my home office that serves two of my
> >     websites.  It was working great until several hours ago.
> >
> >     I was moving some files around and lost the use of the mv command.
> >     I closed the shell and just came back.  I notice my email is not
> >     working and I cannot open a shell session.   Not sure what I may
> >     have done.  I cannot log in using the keyboard and monitor attached
> >     to the machine.  Nothing happens when I enter my user name.
> >
> >     I am about to reboot.  What do I have to lose?
> >
> >     HTTP is still working.
> >
> >     Any suggestions how I can get in and determine what I may have done?
> >
> >     I now get a prompt grub>
> >
> >     Yikes!!
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >
> >     Keith
> >
> >
> >     ------------------------
> >     Keith Smith
> >
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