SDS Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I wacked our server and now I am waiting on support. Damn root level access.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I hate when that happens. It's like getting a wedgie on a hot muggy day, you just never feel right again. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatonka12 Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Hey Scoot, try this command. I think it might solve a lot of your problems rm -rf * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Hey Scoot, try this command. I think it might solve a lot of your problems rm -rf * I accidentally did that to the /bin/sh directory one time. It effectively knocked 1,800 websites offline after the next server reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Hey Scoot, try this command. I think it might solve a lot of your problems rm -rf * 8489[/snapback] Of course you have to 'cd /' first b Heh, that's the game we call "reflex." (How fast can you hit Ctrl-C?) I've known people who have purposefully "decommisioned" a machine using that method...sit and watch...and wait 'til it crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin in Va Beach Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I wacked our server and now I am waiting on support. Damn root level access.... 8480[/snapback] I don't believe it was anything you did. Somehow it's all Jay's fault... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 I just had a bad chown command...., so I screwed my root account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Hey Scoot, try this command. I think it might solve a lot of your problems rm -rf * 8489[/snapback] i've done that before on a system i was about to wipe, just for stevestojans and giggles. funny thing is it doesn't delete everything. once rm was deleted, it errored out with command or filename not found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I don't believe it was anything you did. Somehow it's all Jay's fault... 8507[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 i've done that before on a system i was about to wipe, just for stevestojans and giggles. funny thing is it doesn't delete everything. once rm was deleted, it errored out with command or filename not found 8511[/snapback] Oh oh.. do it with different OS's. Depending on cache and unlink semantics, sometimes you actually WILL wipe most everything =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanone Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I had root canal once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 the good news is that they are reformatting the disk as we speak. I should have everything up and running tomorrow night. This will give us the weekend for the domain to point to the new machine. Again, this one may be a dog - we'll wait and see. If it is we can do a quick upgrade with the same host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I don't believe it was anything you did. Somehow it's all Jay's fault... 8507[/snapback] Who is this Jay that you speak of ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundy249 Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I had the root on the blah and the blah blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I wacked our server and now I am waiting on support. Damn root level access.... 8480[/snapback] You whacked your root? Wont that put hair on your palms? What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realist Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 8539[/snapback] I don't think he meant you Jay Rubeo. I think he meant that other Jay, that Jay Rosen guy that could never get anything right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 i've done that before on a system i was about to wipe, just for stevestojans and giggles. funny thing is it doesn't delete everything. once rm was deleted, it errored out with command or filename not found 8511[/snapback] That actually doesn't make sense... rm gets loaded into memory and isn't referenced anymore after that. All the inodes are then removed (from the rm command), but again, the inode shouldn't have to be referenced since the process is already in memory... It should be no different than if you have a process running that's writing to a log file and you delete the log -- the file is still open, data is still being written to it, you just can't access it anymore (but the disk can still fill up; joy!). I don't get it... CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 That actually doesn't make sense... rm gets loaded into memory and isn't referenced anymore after that. All the inodes are then removed (from the rm command), but again, the inode shouldn't have to be referenced since the process is already in memory... It should be no different than if you have a process running that's writing to a log file and you delete the log -- the file is still open, data is still being written to it, you just can't access it anymore (but the disk can still fill up; joy!). I don't get it... CW 8752[/snapback] That happens in windows, but you're right under unix it shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 That actually doesn't make sense... rm gets loaded into memory and isn't referenced anymore after that. All the inodes are then removed (from the rm command), but again, the inode shouldn't have to be referenced since the process is already in memory... It should be no different than if you have a process running that's writing to a log file and you delete the log -- the file is still open, data is still being written to it, you just can't access it anymore (but the disk can still fill up; joy!). I don't get it... CW 8752[/snapback] yeah i know, but it happened. was an older RH distro, 5.? or 6.? i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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