Home directory of user

sag2662 · 12-14-2023, 07:57 AM

Hi all,

I accidentally deleted the home directory of user and looks like the user profile or bash profile is deleted. Is there anyway to restore it ? I cannot run bash scripts anymore

-bash-4.2$

TB0ne · 12-14-2023, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sag2662

Hi all,
I accidentally deleted the home directory of user and looks like the user profile or bash profile is deleted. Is there anyway to restore it ? I cannot run bash scripts anymore

-bash-4.2$

Yes; get it from your backups. If you don't have those, most probably not at this point, since you're still using the system. A .bashrc or .profile isn't difficult to rebuild, and it should definitely not prevent you from running anything. Unless, of course, you had aliases pointing to scripts, and don't have a correct path any longer. What are you typing that won't run any longer?

Turbocapitalist · 12-14-2023, 08:29 AM

If you do not have a backup copy then the data is gone.

You can reconstruct the directory hierarchy though by copying from /etc/skel/ which is where the default files with their default contents are stored.

Code:

sudo mkdir /home/sag2662/
sudo chown sag2662:sag2662 /home/sag2662/
sudo -u sag2662 rsync -av /etc/skel/ /home/sag2662/

The creation of the home directory, if it is gone, has to be done by root. Then the permissions have to be set. However the copying of the files has to be done as the account which owns that home directory.

murugesandins · 05-01-2024, 10:35 AM

if no backup taken(including trash), we cannot retrieve the deleted items.
Hence create a cron to take a backup by end of each day and move the backup files(tgz/zip) to backup system.
Remove oldest backup files when the backup system having less or no memory.
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TB0ne · 05-01-2024, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murugesandins

if no backup taken(including trash), we cannot retrieve the deleted items.
Hence create a cron to take a backup by end of each day and move the backup files(tgz/zip) to backup system.
Remove oldest backup files when the backup system having less or no memory.

This is what the OP was told before, last year. Is there a reason you're posting to old threads with either duplicate or questionable advice?

_blackhole_ · 05-10-2024, 02:53 AM

Account is clearly a bot - reported.