On 07/05/11 20:54, Peter Merchant wrote:
Thanks to John Cooper for his excellent instructions. I have now got
back all my home stuff.
I haven't been able to get back the last couple of days emails, because
I like evolution the way it was before the upgrade and don't want to
restore all settings and data.
editing fstab - because it is kubuntu I had to do everything via sudo.
Kate wouldn't work because /home had disappeared. I couldn't remember
the command in vi, so I had to try (and learn) nano.
Thanks again.
Peter M.
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I was going to say set the root password but thought it would just add
too much info, but if you want to logon as root in Ubuntu, logon as
normal then
sudo password root
Enter your own password (once)
Enter the new password for root (twice)
Log off and logon as root
You are logged on under /root and not /home/root therefore can move
/home as necessary. So you can use kate, vi or nano as usual plus any
other familiar tools on your desktop.
A very good tip is to back up any config file BEFORE editing it, so for
fstab, as root or use sudo
cd /etc
cp fstab fstab.orig
Then do your edits. It is surprising how easy it is to mess up the file
and corrupt it, so a backup is essential.
John.
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