Answer by Aaron for Can a hosting provider access files inside our VPS accounts?
Yes, they could technically access files. The virtual disk could be mounted read-only outside of the VM using various tools/scripts. The running VM (if KVM at least) can also be dumped to disk,...
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I had a VPS with a company using the Virtuozzo platform and they were able to access the server without the root password. I queried them about this and they indicated that such access is not possible...
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It's pretty much as Carson says but even easier - Shut down the machine and copy the VPS drive or image the real drive. This reduces the down time considerably. Of course with virtualisation...
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Depending on what they're using for the underlying storage infrastructure they might also be able to take a live snapshot of your virtual disk and mount that separately, without having to take your...
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Ultimately there is nothing keeping them from accessing your virtual server's disk. If you are using something like Linode or Slicehost then they wouldn't do it by logging in as root unless you gave...
View ArticleCan a hosting provider access files inside our VPS accounts?
I'm curious how VPS accounts work. I know my shared hosting provider can look through my files since they've changed things in the past. If I purchase a VPS account, like from Linode or Slicehost for...
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