RE: Is it possible to backup a corrupt database without being

2002-12-20 Thread David Brodbeck
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I can FTP and telnet in to my site as "admin" or a user, but > all the files in > /var are owned by root so cannot be deleted, with the > exception of several > mysql files owned by mysql, which I also cannot

Re: Is it possible to backup a corrupt database without being

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Nolan
I can FTP and telnet in to my site as "admin" or a user, but all the files in /var are owned by root so cannot be deleted, with the exception of several mysql files owned by mysql, which I also cannot move or delete :( If I could extract the info in the database I could delete that remotely, t

Is it possible to backup a corrupt database without being root?

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Nolan
Hello, I`ve got myself into a bit of a mess by allowing my raq3's 200mb var partition to fill up. This means I can no longer login to my server as root, because a log file of my login cannot be created. Naturally only root can delete or move any files in /var to fix this problem :o Anyway, t