On 20 December 2010 14:47, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbpli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see loads and loads of posts on the MS forums of the type "I am the > sole user and administrator and my account is corrupted how do I access > my data?" with various answers being given, including the setting up of > an Administrator account which is never used except for emergency access > and elevation purposes. > Does Ubuntu ever suffer with corrupted User accounts (I have to say I've > never seen any posts anywhere about this) and if so, what's the fix?
In short, I would say yes. By corrupted, stuff like the dot files in home (hidden config files) could be deleted or similar, which would constitute to a corrupted user account. But, you are never really the sole user. You can use the root fallback terminal to either recover the user data, or repair/replace the missing files. I am no expert, but this is how I have it in my head. -- Regards, Kris Douglas. T. 0845 004 2066 | M. 07728574285 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/