Re: [cobalt-security] bad migration experience

[Jeremy Hull <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sledgehammer? ;)

You could always take the HDD out of it and mount it in another linux system with
root access. Then you could manually modify the password and shadow files, save
them, unmount and put it back in your cobalt. At least it will fix your access
anyway, not sure what to tell ya about the rest.... maybe thats where the sledge
would come in :)

Stephen Hand wrote:
> 
> Today I did a migration from a Raq3 to a new Raq3. I followed all the
> instructions for the migration correctly and then moved my dns configuration
> manually. When completed the dns worked fine and all the sites looked good.
> Problem was that even though users looked like they existed in the web
> interface, they did not actually exist. No users could use ftp or check
> mail. When trying to set a password for a user I would get a message that
> the user does not exist. Then the real big issue. Using the web interface we
> changed the admin password. At that point we lost all access. I tried the
> password reset procedure using the  paperclip and that did not work either.
> I heard about a meta verify utility but could not find this anywhere. Not
> sure if would help either.
> 
> Any thoughts please....
> 
> Help!
> 
> Steve
> 
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