Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recreating home folder?

2009-12-11 Thread Andrew Williams
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 02:17:27PM +, Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > For some reason (maybe a slip of the wrist?), a home folder for an > ordinary user on my Ubuntu server has disappeared (nothing vital lost). > The user is still there. Can I just recreate the user's home folder, or > should

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recreating home folder?

2009-12-11 Thread Paul Roach
You can just recreate the folder...but remember to assign the folder to the corresponding user and group with chown On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > For some reason (maybe a slip of the wrist?), a home folder for an > ordinary user on my Ubuntu server has disappear

[ubuntu-uk] Recreating home folder?

2009-12-11 Thread Alex Birchall
Hi, For some reason (maybe a slip of the wrist?), a home folder for an ordinary user on my Ubuntu server has disappeared (nothing vital lost). The user is still there. Can I just recreate the user's home folder, or should I delete the user and create another one? Regards, Alex Alexander J Birc