On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Is this server on the 'Net?


Yes, it *was* on the `Net.


>  Are you 100% sure that nothing is wrong
> with the hardware, especially the hard disk?


That`s for sure.


>
>
> What kind of applications are you running on the system?  Are these
> apps. available to the target users?


Running dspace. Yes, these are available to target users.


> On production systems, use an enterprise grade distro like CentOS
> (equiv. RHEL) if you are unwilling to go with commercial RHEL or
> Novell/SUSE.


I will. Thanks for your suggestion.


>
>
>
> The symptoms suggest that your machine has been cracked open.
>

:(


>
>
> Did you install the entire system on one partition?  Where does your
> important data reside on the file system tree e.g. /var/lib/mysql?
>

Yes, it was a mistake. My all datas are there in /usr/src/


>
>
> At a min. take the machine off line, boot with a Live/Rescue CD and copy
> your important data to another location.  You can use the BackTrack
> LiveCD.  It has a lot of security tools that might throw some light on
> what happened.
>

Is it possible to copy all the data from /usr/src/ to flash-drive with
live/Rescue CD?


>
> In future, use an enterprise grade distro and plan your partition size
> i.e. tell the distro installer what partitions to use for the various
> sub trees of the file system.


Same, thanks.


>
>
> To avoid further oops/trial and error I suggest you seek experienced
> professional help.


Same, thanks for your suggestion.

-- 
Best,
Z
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