Dennis, The other possibility could be that you mounted a different partition over the directory that you use as /home.
- Bill --- Ben Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a possibility you did something like: > > rm -rf * > > or... > > find . -type f | xargs rm -f > > in the wrong directory or something like that? it > happens to everyone > eventually, at least once. Usually because of some cut > and paste > maneuver gone horribly wrong or a goofy typo or because > you forget to > escape the crazy astarisk, spaces and/or ampersands in a > filename. > > or, maybe you moved everything accidentally. try > updating your locate > database then use that to find the missing files. > > $ su - > # updatedb > # exit > $ locate whatImLookingFor.txt > > or, maybe you renamed files or directories so that they > start with a > period, making them "invisible" by default. do -> 'ls > -a' > > good luck, > > - Ben > > > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 10:46:01AM -0800, Dennis Bagley > wrote: > > I sent this message to the rlug list (unfortunately > several times) yesterday > > but got > > -0- feedback from anyone. I'm still looking for > answers because I do NOT want > > to accidentally > > repeat the problem. > > > > So anyone have answers besides "42"? > > > > Thanks again > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > Came into my office this morning to discover data > missing from my PC. > > > > I am running Ubuntu 5.04 > > > > On Friday everything seemed to be intact and okay. I > have a dual drive system > > and decided to put the newest version of Ubuntu (5.10) > on the second drive - it > > seemed to install just fine > > and I was also able to reboot into the older version. > I must admit that I did > > not run any programs > > other than email and the browser before leaving my > office for the weekend. > > > > HOWEVER, this morning when I tried to fire up VMWare - > my virtual machine files > > were GONE. The directory > > where the files should have been was there but the > files were not. > > > > Also missing: > > all the bookmarks in my browser (Firefox) > > all the pop3 mail on my system > > all of the contacts I had in Evolution > > all the "sent" mail > > all special email folders I had created that > contained data. > > > > > > All my other primary files appear to be intact. Ideas? > Have I been hacked? > > Did the the install > > screw something up? If so, how? > > > > (Fortunately I had a backup of the VM and the work data > is stored on the > > server. But I did not have a backup of > > the email and contact info and that kinda torques me.) > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > Bill Cunningham Cell: (775) 813-6892 http://www.cunndev.net _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
