[ubuntu-uk] Password recovery

Keith keith at grumpyface.me.uk
Tue Jul 8 17:58:53 BST 2008


Lucy wrote:
Can you copy and paste the
> exact commands you typed and the errors you received please?

Hello Lucy,

Again, thanks for the reply.

I cut and pasted the commands from your original email.  I was able to 
add the second user, but then the following occurred:-

sudo cp -a /home/valerie-tmp/ /home/valerie

cp: cannot create special file 
`/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a1_sock': File exists
cp: cannot create special file 
`/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a2_sock': File exists
cp: cannot create special file 
`/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a3_sock': File exists
cp: cannot create special file 
`/home/valerie/valerie-tmp/.google/desktop/a4_sock': File exists

Valerie is, of course, user2 and the error was indeed repeated as shown, 
a1 being incremented to a4.

Any clues?

Regards,

Keith.

-- 
Keith Bowerman,
Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England.
Using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine.




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