Lost access to server

[keith smith]

Well it is gone.  Yikes!!  I guess I have to start all over.

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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

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> 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
>
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