Copying files from root directory to www

[Aronnn]

Hello,

I have been trying to copy files inside my folder /root/ to the /var/www folder and have used the following to copy them:

#! /bin/sh

for i in `ls votes.log`
do
mv $i /var/www/$i$.log
done

I have got this script and seems to work locally in the folder, it works if I use /root/ as path but I cannot get it to the /var/www path because it will return:

mv: cannot move `votes.log' to `var/www/vote/votes.log': No such file or directory

How am I able to solve this? (Just a quick note: I am a total beginner to Linux so I will not be able to do most things myself)

I hope somebody can help me with this,
Aron

[scathefire]

Check your script, your variables are wrong:

use

for i in `ls votes.log`
do
mv $i /var/www/
done

but i don't know how exactly you are wanting your structure to look

[Aronnn]

Thank you for your reaction.

I think I have found out what the problem was but currently have made a much bigger mistake. I have found out that my "root" user was assigned to the /root/ folder and not the / folder, so it could not open the /var/www/ folder. So I have attempted creating a new account and then assign it to the / folder. I did the following thing:

adduser server
sudo chown -R server:server /

I found this on the ubuntu help site.
But now after I disconnected and attempt to connect through putty, it returns: "Server Unexpectedly closed network connection."

How will I be able to fix this and the other problem with the folders?

I hope somebody can help me further,
Aron

[elija]

I could be wrong, but I think that's very bad. Is this a server you have direct access to? Also could you post the URL where you found this please? (You may need to put a couple of spaces in there to get it past the spam filter)

[Aronnn]

I just found out my FTP is not working either, and yes, it is a server hosted at Kimsufi which I have direct access to.

The bad thing is that I currently have an active server running which I can not backup since I cannot connect through SSH or FTP, and rebooting will shut it down.

The link is: help. ubuntu.com /11.04/serverguide/C/user-management .html

[elija]

It looks like you have created a new user called server and then changed ALL files to be owned by that user. The only way I know how to fix this kind of situation is to boot the server from a CD and while in front of the machine use a chrooted environment to sort out the permissions.

[Aronnn]

What do you think the best solution is since it is impossible for me to go to the datacenter it is located in, although I can reinstall it through the website. But I cannot have all the files stored on the server going to wash away.

[elija]

What do you think the best solution is since it is impossible for me to go to the datacenter it is located in, although I can reinstall it through the website. But I cannot have all the files stored on the server going to wash away.

I'm afraid I don't know how you can fix this without being in front of the machine with a monitor, keyboard and live CD.

[Aronnn]

But do you think the host will be able to fix the permissions without having to reinstall it? If so, I will hope they can help me with this and will figure it out.

[elija]

I would assume so, but they would have to confirm that