WDC mybook and /etc/passwd

[Brian McKee]

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