hi, i have by mistake run rm command without -fr when i was on the root directory of the server meaning / . it didnt delete the directories but all the files. the server is still up and running but i cant login to it via ssh. can someone tell me which files i need to get back? thanks in advanced.

Caution – Caution – Be careful when you use the rm command, and be particularly careful when you use rm with the wildcard character (*). You cannot recover files that you have removed with rm. That is from the Sun site. I doubt you would be able to rebuild that machine without a clone to copy from. Even then it might be doubtful. Pretty sure you are looking at an easier solution. Rebuild it. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

thanks i have rebuild the machine from scratch.

Well yeah. The solution would be : take your backup, and restore the missing files, or re-install the OS ...