Topic: mitel-networks-server login? not MSE 7.3???

[rm]

I am now looking at a "mitel-networks-server" login prompt and I am lost.

Running SME 7.3, yesterday, in an attempt to free some disk space, I moved several projects from the server to DVD, and looked at installed modules. In a opportunistic mode I uninstalled (individual packages) several ispell languages... That didn't work out too well.

After a reboot the server is no longer accessible as it was. So I put in the CD and ran the installer. However, it was the 7.2 installer. After that I ran the 7.3 installer (fresh download).

Now I'm looking at a "mitel-networks-server" login prompt. Login as 'admin' is denied (text flashes for a microsecond before returning to login prompt), login as 'root' does work. Yum doesn't work "network is unreachable".

Can anyone help me along getting the system up and running properly again?

[rm]

To specify, the machine is only accessible via keyboard/monitor. The machine cannot be reached remote. So I cannot get into my samba/e-smith/shares which is really the problem I'm now trying to solve.

[cactus]

To specify, the machine is only accessible via keyboard/monitor. The machine cannot be reached remote. So I cannot get into my samba/e-smith/shares which is really the problem I'm now trying to solve.

I suggest you launch a bug in the bugtracker.

[Stefano]

Hi

I suspect that the OP has done something like

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yum remove rpmname

and because of dependencies, many of e-smith-* and smeserver-* rpms are gone..

it's not the first time I see this situation.

my 2c
ciao
Stefano

[cactus]

Hi

I suspect that the OP has done something like

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yum remove rpmname

and because of dependencies, many of e-smith-* and smeserver-* rpms are gone..

it's not the first time I see this situation.

my 2c
ciao
Stefano

Such a failure should be fixed by trying to reinstall from CD like OP did.

[Stefano]

Such a failure should be fixed by trying to reinstall from CD like OP did.

of course

[rm]

Thanks for looking into this. The machine seems to boot normal, however, it hasn't got any network. 'ifconfig eth0' replies 'Device not found'. (Onboard Intel in a Dell Poweredge sc440).

I have already booted from 7.3 CD several times, no failures, always the choice 'install new' or 'upgrade existing MSE 7.3', all to no avail.

[cactus]

Thanks for looking into this. The machine seems to boot normal, however, it hasn't got any network. 'ifconfig eth0' replies 'Device not found'. (Onboard Intel in a Dell Poweredge sc440).

I have already booted from 7.3 CD several times, no failures, always the choice 'install new' or 'upgrade existing MSE 7.3', all to no avail.

And what did you choose?

[rm]

Each time the choice was to upgrade existing install, since I would guess that a new install would ruin the data that is still on the hard disk, like a few gig of project files.

So, how do I return to it's original configuration, or at least get the network card to communicate..?

[David Harper]

If all you need to rescue is files, then why not try this:

1. Boot to single user mode as described here

2. Attach a USB hard drive and mount it

3. Back up your files to the HDD

4. Power down the server

5. Reinstall

6. Copy the files back on once the reinstall is complete

[pfloor]

Each time the choice was to upgrade existing install, since I would guess that a new install would ruin the data that is still on the hard disk, like a few gig of project files.

So, how do I return to it's original configuration, or at least get the network card to communicate..?

Have you logged in as admin and chosen "Configure This Server" and made sure all the settings are correct?

[FreakWent]

Have you logged in as admin and chosen "Configure This Server" and made sure all the settings are correct?

No he hasn't:
"Login as 'admin' is denied (text flashes for a microsecond before returning to login prompt)"

[rm]

If all you need to rescue is files, then why not try this...

Thanks for the suggestion, and yes, I did grab the major projects via an USB-stick, they are all still in /home/e-smith/files/ibays/
I don't have an USB hard disk at hand, but this would probably also work by means of an extra sata HDD..?

However, the machine did function as PDC for a Windows domain, implying that several people have roaming profiles with e-mail and application settings. My thought is that reinstalling does imply that their profiles get lost. Would that be a correct assumption from my end?

The thing is, loggin into the server, it is now named 'mitel-networks-server' where before this it was named differently. Hence my post title. I'm not a Linux expert (duh, I would not be in this mess to start with), but the situation seems to suggest that the initial configuration (i.e. server name, possibly even the users) are overwritten or lost...

[David Harper]

The roaming profiles are stored in /home/e-smith somewhere. If you dig around you will find them -- or I can find them for you if you wait until tomorrow when I get back to my test server

Anyway, when you have recreated the user accounts on the new server, you can copy their roaming profiles back into the correct location.

Sure, this would probably work with an extra HDD. Just so long as you don't extend the RAID array to it.

[dgs]

Thanks for looking into this. The machine seems to boot normal, however, it hasn't got any network. 'ifconfig eth0' replies 'Device not found'. (Onboard Intel in a Dell Poweredge sc440).

I'm curious here, I've never been able to get correct operation from the onboard NIC on an SC440 with 7.3, the setup identifies the card but no data is ever transferred. The Dell SC430 and T105 onboard NICs work perfectly but I've never had success with SC440.

Have you ever had activity across this NIC?