My Ubuntu-encrypted home directory was lost when I changed my user password.  This was because I did it from the command line as root. So my user password is no longer linked to my encrypted user data. How do I reunite them?
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I am using a cloned hard drive in attempts to restore some old files.   The cloned drive has 2 users, one with an encrypted home drive, one without. Both are administrators. When I couldn't get into the main user (with the encrypted home directory), I logged in as the 2nd user and changed the password.   It seems that I somehow broke the relationship between the encryption passphrase and the user. I'm pretty sure I have the passphrase. Is there a way to get to the data?
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For some reason I can't boot my system. I get an error akin to Operating System Not Found.   I tried bootrepair, and that didn't work. So then I decided I would just save my personal files, wipe everything, and reinstall.   But in the live session, when I go to the /home directory, my username folder isn't there, instead it goes to the Live CD's desktop and other directories. Is there some other error occurring? Is there a way to recover the files?
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I declined to encrypt to my home drive whilst installing ubuntu.  Is it possible to encrypt it after installation?  if so, how?
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I forgot my root password...actually I think I know what it is because it is the same password I have for pretty much everything but in the Terminal in tell me "Sorry, try again." Is there a way to reset the password? If so how?
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Under Linux, this would be a no brainer. Just go into /etc/password and edit that, and rename the directory in /home.  I want the new shortname and the new home folder to match after the change.
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Does encrypting my home folder make my computer more secure? Do I have to enter my password more if my home folder is encrypted? What else should I know about encrypting my home folder?
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I accidentally deleted the /usr/bin/sudo file. How can I restore it?  I have found , but it seems to be not solved.
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Well, I have accidentally deleted my Ubuntu drive. I just want to recover all the contents of /home.   Is there a way to do it? I referred to , where I need to specify the extensions of files. And in my case, I don't know actual extensions. So, is there any utility which can let me recover my /home folder alone?  I have not even formatted that drive or touched it at all. So no write has been done on that drive.  If you have suggestions on how to recover, please tell me.
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I just ran this a few seconds ago. I managed to do Ctrl - C as soon as I realized what I started doing.  So far the only directory it's started going through is /bin.  I'm afraid to do anything else. So far I realized I can't use su as my normal user anymore.  Luckily I still have another root terminal open. What do I do?
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First i did pwd, it says:  /home/user   I changed my directory using :  cd /Italic/Food/Places   Now, I want to go back to original directory: /home/user. How can I do this?
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I am having trouble restricting a user to a fixed directory when they connect with SSH  I want the user restricted to /var/www/home  however I connected myself and they are free to move about the system  I set the home directory to /var/www/home so they go there upon login however this doesnt restrict them.  I have tried a few things from suggestions in Google but nothing so far seems to work / do what I want  For example I have changed the chmod of www to 755 and root owned but still no effect
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I opted to encrypt my Home during install, and now I would like to access my data from a LiveCD, unfortunately I'm having trouble following these . I get the error "mounting eCryptfs: [-2] No such file or directory"
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I know this is something I shouldn't do, but it happened(Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS) as a root user I deleted /usr/lib folder. Any ideas how to restore it?
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I accidently ran  sudo chmod 755 -R /   instead of  sudo chmod 755 -R ./   I stopped it after few seconds, but now there is some problems such as  sudo: must be setuid root   How can I revert permissions back?
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It's known that when you're connecting to a wrong server via ssh and send your password  to it, your password comes in a plain text and a server saves it by default. Probably. I wonder, where I can retrieve it? I don't see it in /var/log/auth.log, although I do see all the attempts to authenticate.
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I accidentally changed /var owner/group to my username and then changed it back to root, but not all the /var folders' owners are root, so is there anyway to change back owner/group of files/folders to default state?  Or at least those files/folders that are created by packages?
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I am on Ubuntu 12.10 with one user using encrypted home.  A while back I have changed by user password and then forgot it.  I then made a backup of my files using  to an external drive. I was about to delete my system and do a fresh install when I realized that there is a recovery option in which I can reset my user password. Using  I have set a new password for my user.  After rebooting I can log-in in Unity using my new password but I am thrown back to the Unity screen immediately. (No message about false password)  Using the terminal I can log in using the new user-password.  How can I re-enable my machine to decrypt my ecrypfs encrypted home with the unwrapped passphrase I know?