2008/7/7 Philip Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/7/7 Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> So, in a terminal type: >> sudo mv /home/user2 /home/user2-tmp >> >> Then go to "System->Administration->Users and Groups" to add user2. >> >> Then do: >> sudo cp -a /home/user2-tmp/ /home/user2
To answer Lucy's question, this *will* also copy the dot-files (.*) > > What I would do is > sudo rm -r /home/user2 > sudo mv /home/user2-tmp /home/user2 > sudo chown -R user2:user2 /home/user2 > > replace user2:user2 with the user and group details for user2 I agree with Philip; this will get all of user2's files back as they were before the re-install. The only small modification I would make is changing the last command to sudo chown -R user2: /home/user2 This will use user2's primary group, just in case the group 'user2' wasn't created...but we're now getting quite deep into the details of users and groups on *nix, which might have left Keith behind :-( I hope this helps you out Keith. If you have been left behind, or want more details about any of the commands, let us know. Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
