Bubblehead Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 I've had my server shut down for over 6 months and finally fired it up again. I couldn't remember my username and password so I followed the manual and I'm still unable to log in. I tried to follow the second part of the password reset, however, I have no shadow file on the USB. This is what is displayed when I try to log in with the root and the blank (default) password. Quote Link to comment
Bubblehead Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Several times Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) Shut the server down by a one-second push of the Power Button. (Wait at least three minutes to allow an ordinary clean shutdown.) Now pull the flash drive out. Take to a PC and backup all of the contents the drive. Than run chkdsk on it. Report on results. (If the server should happen not to shutdown normally with that one second push, push and hold the Power Button until it forces an unclean shutdown. Then remove the flash drive and proceed.) Edited November 26, 2021 by Frank1940 Quote Link to comment
Bubblehead Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Ran chkdsk and no problems found. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 @Bubblehead Please do not link to outside sites for screen captures and other material. You can either insert them directly into the body of the message or attach them to the message. (Many folks do not like clicking on links in a message...) Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Connect up a monitor and keyboard to your server. See if you can log into the server on the console. If you can, type the following on the Command line: diagnostics The Diagnostics file will be written to the /logs directory folder of the boot drive. Upload that file in a new post. Quote Link to comment
Bubblehead Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 I fired it up after the chkdsk and was able to boot into the server. Not sure what went wrong but I'm up and running. Quote Link to comment
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