WDC mybook and /etc/passwd

[Karl Larsen]

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 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
>>>
>>>       
>
>   
    I would put /home/myname in another partition. And then fix 
/etc/fstab to pick it up when booting.

Karl


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