[BlueOnyx:25587] Re: root directory was gone this AM Unable to logon as root

[David Hahn]

On 8/5/2022 12:16 PM, PageKeeper Service wrote:
> On 8/5/2022 12:04 PM, PageKeeper Service wrote:
>>
>> I m not exactly sure how it got deleted. I tried to repair it. Got 
>> logged out and all went to ???
>>
>> The box is running just can't su to root but i can ssh to admin.
>>
>> When i try and log into root it throws the
>>
>> "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" When trying to login as root and 
>> bounces me back to admin it tries and actually gets in then the ssh 
>> window closes.
>> On 8/5/2022 10:32 AM, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lost the root dir and can not ssh to root. I can ssh to admin.
>>>> Any Ideas how to fix?
>>>>
>>> !!!!!   What happened that precipitated that??     Or could it be 
>>> something else?   If the actual root directory (as in the root /) 
>>> was deleted, that would be catastrophic.   I would imagine that very 
>>> little would actually be serviceable on the system (if anything) and 
>>> would expect everything to be completely wiped out.
>>>
>>> Having some idea of what happened to cause the issue could be 
>>> instructive to resolving.
>>> > Im guessing something like rm -r root or the equal.

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