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Old 04-16-2004, 03:03 AM   #1
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recover user and home dir

Without thinking I removed a user (using kuser) since I was having trouble getting it to work right. With doing that I also deleted all the files in the home dir. Is there anyway of getting those files back? They are really important!

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Old 04-16-2004, 03:11 AM   #2
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Is the home directory for the deleted user still on your system? It sounds like it is not. If it is not, don't do any file transactions on your system. You need a recovery utility like:

http://www.data-recovery-software.net/

Good luck!
 
Old 04-16-2004, 03:14 AM   #3
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I'm going to try that utility...thanx, I'll let you know if it worked
 
Old 04-16-2004, 03:16 AM   #4
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R-linux only supports ext2 and the partition is is Reiserfs. It does sound it could do what's needed though...
 
Old 04-16-2004, 08:36 AM   #5
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If you had /home on an extra partition you could try dd ...
 
Old 04-16-2004, 09:08 AM   #6
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/home was on a seperate partition so I'll give it a go.....
 
  


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