RE: [cobalt-users] SSH stops after login

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam Knowles
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:22 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] SSH stops after login
> 
> 
> > Did you make any changes in /etc/httpd/conf you might want 
> to preserve
> > or copy? Or, maybe /etc/mail/access in case you had some special
> entries
> > in there.
> 
> > It's a shame. Looks like a rebuild is the only safe option.
> 
> I've ordered a rebuild now and asked for the files you suggested to be
> kept. I'm not too hopeful though: I managed to get around 
> bash crashing
> out when using SSH Windows client 3.0 by using command-line SSH and
> entering a command to execute:
> 
> Windows command prompt: ssh2 root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <command>
> Server: <asks for password>
> Server: <executes command>
> 
> This way I can execute one command successfully, then the 
> connection is
> closed. I tried to back-up /home/sites and it said the 
> directory didn't
> exist! I could get an 'ls' of root's home directory though. Looks like
> the file system's been wiped out somehow; can't think how 
> that happened.
> 
> Ah well, I tried pretty much everything, now I'm rebuilding it. What I
> need is a proper strategy for backing the machine up in future,
> including the Raq GUI's user/site info (from postgres db and 
> elsewhere),
> the site data itself and mysql databases. Is there a common answer to
> doing all that easily?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Since you were able to run one command, did you try creating
/home/sites/home/users/admin/? That might've cleared up your login
problem.


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Greg O'Lone, President
Stretched Out Software, Inc
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