# Nginx suddenly lose configure file

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-suddenly-lose-configure-file/204472>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [March 13, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-suddenly-lose-configure-file/204472 "2011-03-13T15:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-suddenly-lose-configure-file/204472/1 "2011-03-13T15:28:34Z")

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Dear ,  
I install nginx stable version on CentOs 5.5.  
It works smoothly in 5 months without errors.  
But yesterday, I dont know why I can not access my website.  
After 10 minutes , I found that ngnix lose configure files. So that  
ngnix can listen on port 80 and can not be started again.  
Do you think someone have my root password and remove nginx OR it’s a  
bug of nginx.  
Thank you very much.

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> **[Nginx suddenly lose configure file](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,182596,182596#msg-182596)**
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> Dear , I install nginx stable version on CentOs 5.5. It works smoothly in 5 months without errors. But yesterday, I dont know why I can not access my website. After 10 minutes , I found that ngnix lose configure files. So that ngnix can listen on...

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**Author:** ![luca\_tony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@luca\_tony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luca_tony)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-suddenly-lose-configure-file/204472/2 "2011-03-13T20:14:56Z")

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On Sun, 2011-03-13 at 10:26 -0400, luca\_tony wrote:

> Dear ,  
> I install nginx stable version on CentOs 5.5.  
> It works smoothly in 5 months without errors.  
> But yesterday, I dont know why I can not access my website.  
> After 10 minutes , I found that ngnix lose configure files. So that  
> ngnix can listen on port 80 and can not be started again.  
> Do you think someone have my root password and remove nginx OR it’s a  
> bug of nginx.  
> Thank you very much.

Not a bug in Nginx. We’d have heard of it before now.

1. What directory were the config files stored in?
2. Did you install from source or a package?

Cliff