/home not available after reboot

mlnm · 12-13-2011, 12:02 PM

hi, generally we login to Linux server through putty(ssh),yesterday we were not able to connect to it for some time.Later we called up the person in remote location to restart server , he did it and we were able
to connect.But after connecting there is no /home mount point , we were able to login to users in that home directory but it says no such file or directory exist.
its lvm partition.Now how can i get back my /home directory.

malekmustaq · 12-13-2011, 12:17 PM

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Now how can i get back my /home directory

By calling that person again, inform him the situation and that you request him to do something to make available the directory again.

repo · 12-13-2011, 12:35 PM

What happens if you mount /home from the command line?
Kind regards

asimba · 12-13-2011, 12:51 PM

probably your fstab may have a entry

try following and see if you get anything at all

grep -i home /etc/fstab

mlnm · 12-14-2011, 10:01 AM

I tried mount /home and i get this error: can't find /home in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab /home is not in fstab.

Do u think some thing is wrong in the initab?

smallpond · 12-14-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mlnm

I tried mount /home and i get this error: can't find /home in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab /home is not in fstab.

Do u think some thing is wrong in the initab?

Sounds more like something is wrong in fstab.

Satyaveer Arya · 12-15-2011, 03:16 AM

Hello,

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I tried mount /home and i get this error: can't find /home in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab /home is not in fstab.

I think there isn't entry of /home in /etc/fstab file.

Ask that person if /home entry is there in /etc/fstab file or not? And if not them make the entry of /home in /etc/fstab file.

mlnm · 12-16-2011, 09:11 AM

i created /home entry in fstab, when i say mount -a the message i get is: mount: special device home does not exist.
shall i have to restart the system again? another thing is in fstab i have entries for my lvm and all other file systems.

repo · 12-16-2011, 09:16 AM

Please post the content of

Code:

/etc/fstab

and the command you use to mount your

Code:

/home

directory.

Kind regards

Satyaveer Arya · 12-17-2011, 10:22 PM

Please post the contents of your /etc/fstab file and what all command are you using for mounting /home, please post it.

mlnm · 12-19-2011, 01:04 PM

contents of /etc/fstab

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults

Satyaveer Arya · 12-19-2011, 01:25 PM

Hello,

I told you there might not be the entry of /home in your /etc/fstab file.

Now, if you don't have the /home partition then you have to create the /home partition, mount it on some new directory and have to make the entry in /etc/fstab file. And if /home is already there then you just have to mount it on some directory and make the entry in /etc/fstab file. Like mine:

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LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/tmp /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/backup /backup ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/opt /opt ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/usr /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/var /var ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
LABEL=SW-cciss/c0d0p7 swap swap defaults 0 0