Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Hosting Security and Technology : Help!!! deleted directory /keys

[HD Fanatic]

This is on my rsync server at bqinternet runnig FreeBSD. I wanted to remove everything inside /home/dave/server1/home

so I executed these commands:

ls
cd server1
rm -rf /home/

that inadvertently removed the directory /home/dave/keys and /home/dave/server1/etc so I cancelled the operation to avoid further damage

what should I do now? I need the keys folder for my other server to do the daily rsync backups. Lastly, what is the _proper_ command to remove /home/dave/server1/home ?? the command I issued probably will remove everything inside /home/

[Lightwave]

Your changing directories to server1 was useless because you put the full path in your rm -rf command

rm -rf /home
should have been rm -rf ./home (assuming your CWD is still /home/dave/server1)

In general I'd suggest using the full path: rm -rf /home/dave/server1/home

so you dont make a mistake like that in the future.

[efarmer]

support [at] bqinternet.com should be able to help you