Hi there,

I backup my ubuntu systems to a WDC mybook. I am trying to figure out
why I can no longer ssh to the box. After a bit of review I find that
my /etc/shadow is empty.

I added a new user.

Now my /etc/passwd is empty with the only one user - the recently added
user.

I still cant ssh to my mybook.

what is a suggested cure here please.

Cheers,

Noah

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On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I backup my ubuntu systems to a WDC mybook. I am trying to figure out
> why I can no longer ssh to the box.

Hi Noah
I'm having trouble piecing together the series of events.

Did you -
backup to an external drive
restore from that drive
then find out the /etc/password file is empty after the restore? or
/etc/shadow?

I can't quite make out what you are trying to say.

/etc/password and /etc/shadow shouldn't be empty as in blank....
Although I haven't tried, I can't see it completing boot up that way -
forget allowing ssh in.

Brian

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I have not rebooted yet at the moment.

so they went blank in the mean time.

as in single line entry

there is no back up of the files.


Brian McKee wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I backup my ubuntu systems to a WDC mybook. I am trying to figure out
>> why I can no longer ssh to the box.
>
> Hi Noah
> I'm having trouble piecing together the series of events.
>
> Did you -
> backup to an external drive
> restore from that drive
> then find out the /etc/password file is empty after the restore? or
> /etc/shadow?
>
> I can't quite make out what you are trying to say.
>
> /etc/password and /etc/shadow shouldn't be empty as in blank....
> Although I haven't tried, I can't see it completing boot up that way -
> forget allowing ssh in.
>
> Brian
>

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Hi,

ah okay I see what is going on here.
my rootfs is full.

Anybody have some recommendations on what to remove?

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 2.8G 2.8G 0 100% /
/dev/root 2.8G 2.8G 0 100% /

cheers,

Noah


Noah wrote:
> I have not rebooted yet at the moment.
>
> so they went blank in the mean time.
>
> as in single line entry
>
> there is no back up of the files.
>
>
> Brian McKee wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I backup my ubuntu systems to a WDC mybook. I am trying to figure out
>>> why I can no longer ssh to the box.
>> Hi Noah
>> I'm having trouble piecing together the series of events.
>>
>> Did you -
>> backup to an external drive
>> restore from that drive
>> then find out the /etc/password file is empty after the restore? or
>> /etc/shadow?
>>
>> I can't quite make out what you are trying to say.
>>
>> /etc/password and /etc/shadow shouldn't be empty as in blank....
>> Although I haven't tried, I can't see it completing boot up that way -
>> forget allowing ssh in.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>

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Noah wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ah okay I see what is going on here.
> my rootfs is full.
>
> Anybody have some recommendations on what to remove?
>
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> rootfs 2.8G 2.8G 0 100% /
> /dev/root 2.8G 2.8G 0 100% /
>
> cheers,
>
> Noah
>
>
> Noah wrote:
>
>> I have not rebooted yet at the moment.
>>
>> so they went blank in the mean time.
>>
>> as in single line entry
>>
>> there is no back up of the files.
>>
>>
>> Brian McKee wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I backup my ubuntu systems to a WDC mybook. I am trying to figure out
>>>> why I can no longer ssh to the box.
>>>>
>>> Hi Noah
>>> I'm having trouble piecing together the series of events.
>>>
>>> Did you -
>>> backup to an external drive
>>> restore from that drive
>>> then find out the /etc/password file is empty after the restore? or
>>> /etc/shadow?
>>>
>>> I can't quite make out what you are trying to say.
>>>
>>> /etc/password and /etc/shadow shouldn't be empty as in blank....
>>> Although I haven't tried, I can't see it completing boot up that way -
>>> forget allowing ssh in.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>
>
I would put /home/myname in another partition. And then fix
/etc/fstab to pick it up when booting.

Karl


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