I just created a new user & its home folder & need to delete it now & also I cant find my old user's Downloads,Documents,Pictures,etc folder in /home/olduser
& also .Xauthority
file. Dont know how it deleted. I executed startx
command by pressing Alt+Ctrl+F3
when new user wasnt able to log in.
I deleted user from Users & Groups
but its home folder didnt get deleted. How can I fix this?
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How can I delete new user's home folder safely?
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How can restore my old documents,downloads,folder?
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If not then how can I create brand new /home folder & link with OS?
Best Answer
to list all users :
To remove user :
To remove home directory :
To add a home directory to an existing user :
create a home directory
chown this directory for the user