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Linux and Unix-Like Linux
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i have red hat fedora 5
most important thing is i have no experience of linux or unix whatever it is called at all i don't know how to use terminal also
i have been provided the hp laptop with it as i am the member of indian judiciary system and now by some mistake i have deleted a user directory called judge
so i am not able to log in and i can only start terminal so please help me make a new user or help me recover the lost user directory through terminal.
:o
any help but fast and quick is necessary.:confused:

thanks in advance
sorry if i have asked at wrong place.:frowning:

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If you have infact deleted the directory there is no builtin functions to "undelete".

There are software packages you can purchase but I do not know how well they work.

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so atleast help me making a new user with help of terminal i have a bash shell and then i will try to recover the lost data by some softwares

4

If you are able to log in as root or something, you can run useradd judge -- but that will only create a very skeletal home directory, which might not be enough for logging into a graphical environment.

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so how to get my graphical mode back and what the use of adding a user if not getting a graphical mode
and can u recommend a software which help me to recover lost files and that to a free software if possible or any commercial is also ok.

6

Hate to put it this way, but the conventional solution is called "backups".