[PLUG] Problem on Csociety / Sanmateo

[Mahadev Appan]

wow ... replies from 3 of the admins.

i guess i will just start rebuilding those files. and more importantly, 
start backing up my files :)

or maybe ... i should change my name so both surname and first name start 
with "m" or something else in the middle of the alphabet. that way, bad 
things on unix systems are less likely will not hit me first.
... nevermind, dumb idea.

and before i forget, thanks for the prompt response guys.

>From: Seth Heckard <sdh@purdue.edu>
>To: dev_appan@bigfoot.com
>Subject: Re: [PLUG] Problem on Csociety / Sanmateo
>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:33:03 -0500
>
>Mahadev Appan wrote:
> > I am not sure if the sys admin(s) for Csociety / Sanmateo will see this, 
>but
> > have any of you noticed any problems on these boxes?
> >
> > Today I tried logging into sanmateo only to find my home directory did 
>not
> > exist. Then I remembered it is NFS mounted off csociety which was 
>undergoing
> > a hard disk upgrade.
> >
> > Now, my home directory exists again, which is great, but the big problem 
>is:
> > the files there are from ages ago!
> >
> > I am guessing that something screwed up during the upgrade and the 
>admins
> > had to reload from a backup. And the last backup may have been made a 
>very
> > long time ago.
>
>You guessed right :-(  It only affects about 4 people, and unfortunately
>you're one of them.
>
> > I hope I am wrong, but does anyone here know if this is the case? Is 
>this
> > situation temporary or is the recent state of the files not going to be
> > restored?
>
>No, unfortunately, the backup was several months old... better than no
>backup but quite pitiful indeed.  We're going to try to make more
>regular backups from now on.
>
> > Sigh. This is sooo typical. I spend my time telling other people to 
>backup
> > their stuff, and then completely ignore my own advice by not backing up 
>data
> > on a box I use very often. I suppose everyone needs to get burnt at 
>least
> > once.
>
>I apologize for your file loss, and we'll do all we can so it doesn't
>happen again.
>
> > Oh well. I hope someone here can clue me in on what is going on.
>
>root@csociety will reach all the admins.
>
> > Later,
> > Dev
>
>Seth Heckard / sdh@purdue.edu

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