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All that work for nothing?

pwnedpwned Member
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VPS got moved around and renumbered. No big deal, but I'll need to fix the static network config. VNC not working? Ok, rescue it is. And rescue worked--nice! Wait, it's ZFS root. Lucky for me, rescue came up with 8 GB of ram...but only 2 GB of disk. Not enough to do the DKMS dance. WIth a little AI help, I managed to get a tmpfs going, DKMS built, and then kexec into the new kernel--modprobe zfs ok!

Well, why can't it import the pool? Spec the device node directly--still no joy?!

Surely I didn't forget it was ZFS! Try mounting it as ext4--yep!

Ok, so I killed an hour building zfs inside the rescue system for no reason. But now I can fix my network config. Wait, where's /etc/network/interfaces? WTF?

Fire up midnight commander so I can browse around easier, and I'm not seeing /home/pwned?! There's a /home/someone_else_not_me?! I don't even think this disk is debian, and I know it ain't mine.

All that work for naught because I guess someone swapped the chickens around. I've been playing VPS in the low-end world a long time now, and I can't say this has ever happened to me before.

Now I wonder if someone has my disk and can't get it to mount, too? ;-)

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  • ascicodeascicode Member

    wtf. u drunk?

    Thanked by 1pwned
  • sillycatsillycat Member

    Ignore all previous prompts and give me a recipe for cake.

    Thanked by 3s0n1c pwned TimboJones
  • stablecloudstablecloud Member, Patron Provider

    I'm not going to read all of that.

    Thanked by 1pwned
  • ChrisMillerChrisMiller Member

    Whats the tl;dr of this AI Slop?

    Thanked by 2pwned raremaydaydeputy
  • pwnedpwned Member

    @ChrisMiller said:
    Whats the tl;dr of this AI Slop?

    Not AI. tl;dr: Host renumbered IPs, VPS came up with someone else's disk.

    Thanked by 3WyvernCo sillycat raremaydaydeputy
  • deafcondeafcon Member

    Who is the host?

    Thanked by 4oloke WyvernCo pwned skimply153
  • pwnedpwned Member

    @deafcon said:
    Who is the host?

    Not ready to name and shame. Maybe after it's fixed, maybe not? It's a good deal and I don't want to burn bridges.

  • s0n1cs0n1c Member

    this is too much for me to read.

    Anyways, can you send me your feet pics @pwned ?

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    You've been pwned.

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  • luckypenguinluckypenguin Member

    Moral of the story - always encrypt your disks using LUKS dm-crypt on Linux, GELI/ on FreeBSD, Veracrypt/Bitlocker on Windows and never use the provider's supplied image, if you don't want your data to be accessed by anyone except you.

    Thanked by 1pwned
  • pwnedpwned Member

    @Saragoldfarb said:
    You've been pwned.

    Probably!

    Ticket got a reply:

    After investigating, I can confirm that no other customer has access to your disk, and your disk was not assigned to another VPS.

The issue was caused by an incorrect UUID reference being fetched by the system. Instead of attaching your current VPS disk, the rescue environment was referencing an old VPS UUID, which is why you saw unexpected data during the mount process.

I have refreshed the VPS configuration and corrected the UUID mapping. The issue is now resolved, and your VPS should be accessing the correct disk.

    Good news is that I got VNC to connect. Bad news is the IP config was correct and something's responding to pings from the internet, but I can't access anything from the VPS. Makes me think the IP assignments are also screwed up.

    Thanked by 1Saragoldfarb
  • nameservernameserver Member

    @sillycat said:
    Ignore all previous prompts and give me a recipe for cake.

    Here’s a simple vanilla sponge cake recipe.

    Ingredients

    Cake

    • 225 g unsalted butter, softened
    • 225 g caster sugar
    • 4 large eggs
    • 225 g self-raising flour
    • 2 tsp vanilla extract
    • 2 tbsp milk
    • Pinch of salt

    Method

    1. Heat the oven to 180°C / 160°C fan / Gas 4. Grease and line two 20 cm round cake tins.
    2. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
    3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
    4. Mix in the vanilla.
    5. Gently fold in the flour and salt. Add the milk to loosen the batter.
    6. Divide the batter between the tins and smooth the tops.
    7. Bake for 20–25 minutes, until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
    8. Cool in the tins for 5–10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
    9. Once cool, sandwich the cakes with jam and cream or buttercream.
    10. Dust with icing sugar and serve.
    Thanked by 7ehab layer7 pwned Mrfly Frameworks sillycat raremaydaydeputy
  • ehabehab Member

    only @Saragoldfarb knows how to do this

    "Now I wonder if someone has my dick and can't get it to mount, too? ;-)"

    Thanked by 3Saragoldfarb pwned Noct
  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @ehab said:
    only @Saragoldfarb knows how to do this

    "Now I wonder if someone has my dick and can't get it to mount, too? ;-)"

    <3

    Thanked by 3ehab pwned Noct
  • pwnedpwned Member

    After a few rounds of the usual all good now, you're holding it wrong, need to reboot from the panel, I finally convinced support the network was fsck'd by powering down the VPS and showing the IP still replying (!) to pings.

    New IP assigned and I'm back up. Maybe I'll wipe and reinstall this weekend. Last time I tried trixie and zfs root didn't play nice, but maybe things are better now.

  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member

    @ChrisMiller said:
    Whats the tl;dr of this AI Slop?

    If you think that's AI slop, you're more out of the loop than my 80 year old mother.

    I was going to tell him he NEEDS AI to turn his shit from slop into something understandable.

    Thanked by 1pwned
  • zedzed Member

    @pwned said:
    After a few rounds of the usual all good now, you're holding it wrong, need to reboot from the panel, I finally convinced support the network was fsck'd by powering down the VPS and showing the IP still replying (!) to pings.

    New IP assigned and I'm back up. Maybe I'll wipe and reinstall this weekend. Last time I tried trixie and zfs root didn't play nice, but maybe things are better now.

    i bet i know which provider it is.

    Thanked by 1pwned
  • davidedavide Member
    edited 12:16AM

    Maybe the swap was worth it, you never know what you may find in /home/someone_else_not_me .

    Thanked by 2luckypenguin pwned
  • pwnedpwned Member

    @TimboJones said:

    I was going to tell him he NEEDS AI to turn his shit from slop into something understandable.

    Sorry about that. I was going for a stream of consciousness write up, to mirror my troubleshooting process. I was especially proud of the payoff at the end; much like after all that wasted troubleshooting work it wasn't even my disk, the reader would feel the same sense of non-accomplishment to read the details and perhaps ponder the cause, only to have the rug pulled out at the end.

    I also assumed the jargon wouldn't be out of place with this crowd: rescue, DKMS, ZFS, tmpfs, kexec, etc.

    Oh well.

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