[haswalt]

I have a server running centos and was deleting uneeded stuff when i removed a directory called "virtfs". This onbly contained a folder from an account that didn't exist anymore (i removed the account because everytime i added it i got a massive file usage) it appears now that it had copied my system files into that account, hence tha massive folder size, but i did not relaise this until i had a message saying:

could not remove /home/virtfs/lib/ file is in use

fter that i stopped it and none of my bash commands like "ls" work linux is still running but now if i try to log on it doesn't accept my password.

does anyone have any ideas how to get round this without whiping the system and starting again?

Thanks

harry

[utanja]

Originally Posted by haswalt

I have a server running centos and was deleting uneeded stuff when i removed a directory called "virtfs". This onbly contained a folder from an account that didn't exist anymore (i removed the account because everytime i added it i got a massive file usage) it appears now that it had copied my system files into that account, hence tha massive folder size, but i did not relaise this until i had a message saying:

could not remove /home/virtfs/lib/ file is in use

fter that i stopped it and none of my bash commands like "ls" work linux is still running but now if i try to log on it doesn't accept my password.

does anyone have any ideas how to get round this without whiping the system and starting again?

Thanks

harry

can you log on as root user?

[Cappi]

There are programs written in linux that allow you to undelete. For example: http://amadeus.uprm.edu/~undelete/welcome.html. There others out there as well. I found this by typing undelete linux.

[rob.rice]

IF you have another parttion to install to or an extra hard drive (or can you brrow one)
install the system to some place else and mount the broken system then copy the missing system files from the working system to the broken system
reinstall the boot loader
you most likely have lost the configuration files BUT most likely you still have the data files
read the cp man page for the options to do this
there is also a linux HOWTO on hard drive up grading
the will discribe how to fix this in detail