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  1. 10-30-2005, 11:31 PM #1
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    [SOLVED] Old home locked up

    Hey guys, been awhile,

    I blew up an older debian system, and I'm going to upgrade it to ubuntu. Now, I REALLY need the mail (from mozilla suite) out of this system. I currently have ubuntu on it now, with the old /home partition mounted as /backup. I belive that the old mail should be hold up in some ./mozillawhatever, but the home folder is locked, even from root. By "locked", I mean I can't open or view it.

    What can I do? The old system is gone, so am I screwed?
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  2. 10-31-2005, 04:23 AM #2
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    did you try using chmod? root should, in theory, be able to access/change the perms
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    Did you remember that Ubuntu has no root when attempting to read the folder? Ubuntu doesn't have a root by default, system administration tasks are being done with your user account and the sudo command. I suggest you try

    Code:
    sudo ls /backup

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    Code:
    sudo ls /backup
Password: *enter user password here*
    you mean, right parcival?
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    Yes, when the sudo command is entered, the shell prompts you next for your user password.

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    I was just clarifying :/
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  7. 10-31-2005, 05:23 AM #7
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    No problem.

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    YES! I have it! Thanks guys!
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