Hi! We encountered a rather strange problem. One of our servers (RHAS 4, NIS client, NFS client) lost parts of its /etc/passwd . Within some hours only the end of the passwd file was remaining, meaning that root, system users and some important users were missing! So we could not log in via ssh or locally. We booted from CD copying a backup over the passwd file. Anyway, we want to know, how this could happen. The server lost connection to NIS and NFS before this problem appeared (NIS and NFS server crashing) Did any of you encounter this? Regards, Thomas -- ***************************************************************** * Thomas Widhalm Unix Administrator * * University of Salzburg ITServices (ITS) * * Systems Management Unix Systems * * Hellbrunnerstr. 34 5020 Salzburg, Austria * * widhalmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +43/662/8044-6774 * * gpg: 6265BAE6 * * http://www.sbg.ac.at/zid/organisation/mitarbeiter/widhalm.htm * *****************************************************************
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