<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br>Well it is gone. Yikes!! I guess I have to start all over.<br><br>------------------------<br>
Keith Smith<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 3/27/13, Brian Cluff <i><brian@snaptek.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com><br>Subject: Re: Lost access to server<br>To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org><br>Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 7:42 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">On 03/27/2013 07:20 PM, keith smith wrote:<br>> Got in via rescue disk. Mounted /dev/sda1 and /etc is missing as is<br>> /home not sure how that happens.<br><br>Yup, that would do it. No password to auth against, and even if there <br>were there is no home directly to drop you into... so no login.<br><br>> Looks like I have to do a new install. Yikes!!<br><br>Do a find for them, if you were just mv-ing stuff around its probably <br>just some place else, and just needs to be moved
back.<br><br>Brian<br><br>><br>><br>> ------------------------<br>> Keith Smith<br>><br>> --- On *Wed, 3/27/13, keith smith /<<a ymailto="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com" href="/mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>>/* wrote:<br>><br>><br>> From: keith smith <<a ymailto="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com" href="/mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Subject: Lost access to server<br>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <<a ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="/mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>><br>> Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 6:46 PM<br>><br>><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I have a LAMP server setup in my home office that serves two of
my<br>> websites. It was working great until several hours ago.<br>><br>> I was moving some files around and lost the use of the mv command.<br>> I closed the shell and just came back. I notice my email is not<br>> working and I cannot open a shell session. Not sure what I may<br>> have done. I cannot log in using the keyboard and monitor attached<br>> to the machine. Nothing happens when I enter my user name.<br>><br>> I am about to reboot. What do I have to lose?<br>><br>> HTTP is still working.<br>><br>> Any suggestions how I can get in and determine what I may have done?<br>><br>> I now get a prompt
grub><br>><br>> Yikes!!<br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br>> Keith<br>><br>><br>> ------------------------<br>> Keith Smith<br>><br>><br>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br>><br>> ---------------------------------------------------<br>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="/mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br>> </mc/compose?to=<a ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="/mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>><br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br>>
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