Server issues

I had a board running for a few weeks now, i woke up yeaterday to find this.

The requested URL /forums was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.39 Server at betterwithage.net Port 80

I opened my FTP to find the public_html folder missing

When i contacted the host, they told me it as a permissions error and they would sort it.

I have now just received an email saying i have missing files/data.

Not sure if this is sensitive, but i have no choice.

[root@atlanta masta72]# ll
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 masta72 masta72 33 Jan 3 20:28 access-logs -> /usr/local/apache/domlogs/masta72
drwxr-xr-x 7 masta72 masta72 4096 Jan 4 01:30 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 masta72 masta72 11 Dec 12 10:34 www -> public_html

Hope someone can help.

I took a back up, but when i try to reinstall the files, the forum comes back until you click any button. You then get a 403 erro instead.

[snakes1100]

You should check the apache "error" log for failure messages to determine what the exact issue is, make sure that all your php files are present on the server as well.

You should also check to see if all the php files are chmod'd to at least 644 and that all public folders are at least 755.

[Deadly Assassin]

But everything in the public_html folder and everything inside has gone. I have not deleted it?

[snakes1100]

If you can't see the files, then they are either gone or there is a permission issue.

Did you check the apache error log?