WDC mybook and /etc/passwd
Brian McKee
brian.mckee at gmail.com
Sat Aug 2 20:03:59 UTC 2008
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Noah <admin2 at 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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