How to restore /root
asked 2015-08-20 20:40:41 +0200
Stupid me: aparently I deleted the files in a directory that supposedly is /root. What I did is rm -rf ~
When I now use terminal with root access (devel-su) or otherwise I do not see the directory Information any more. Therefore, in terminal I have to navigate "blindly". Previously, in the "devel-su" mode, I saw something like "Jolla" at the beginning of every line in the terminal
That is the apparent defect. Are there any more I am not (yet) aware of?
EDIT: Maybe somebody can tell me what files normaly are found in /root
What can I do to return to the original behaviour (without a full recovery)?
Thanks for any hint! (And don't blame me - I already feel bad for my stupidity - It all started with a strange 0B directory visible in Filetug in the root directory which I beleived I have created accidentally)
Be careful or next time it's gonna be
ScumCoder ( 2015-08-21 01:54:00 +0200 )editrm -rf /I won't do that - I guess I learned some lesson. What I just learned is that I should not play around with home directories and better should use the explicit path name. The reason I "cleaned" my Jolla was that there was no free space left any more so the next update would definetly have failed. Therefore I moved all /home/nemo files on the laptop in order to copy only some selected files back to the Jolla. I missed out that /root is the home directory when I am acting as a root user.
That I can do all that is great about Sailfisch - even if it bears some risk.
And I have to praise this forum - another good reason to like the Jolla.
So thank you to everybody!
AkiBerlin ( 2015-08-21 10:15:35 +0200 )edit