On 08/07/2008, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks again for all for the suggestions. > > I tried Lucy's first and was indeed able to re-create the original > user2. Unfortunately, however, I was unable to sudo cp -a the original > files back into user2's home. Furthermore the permissions (for me the > bane of Linux) have been altered. Even trying to write files to the home > directory elicits an error message suggesting that the directory does > not exist, all very frustrating. Luckily I have been able to copy the > important files by fudging backups via the network.
I'm happy to hear you had backups! Not so good that you had problems copying the old stuff back across though. Can you copy and paste the exact commands you typed and the errors you received please? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
