It is probably already too late. In trying to use reiserfsck it wrote a check.log file. This is because despite everything I tried, it would not let me unmount the partition, kept saying it is busy. I even tried -f flag ANy thoughts? Best Regards, Keith Piero Calucci <calucci@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 12:06, KBB0927@xxxxxx wrote: >> I know this may be OT for this list, but can someone help me? I inadvertantly deleted a user that was connected to my public directory >> on my home server via samba(that user was me) and it wiped out all of my >> directory and data that did not have root as the owner. It is a reiserfs. >> I need help, info, on how to recover these directories and data. >> >> I had vitally important data. My backup is far too old...I know always >> have a good backup... but I got caught this time without one. > >sorry I cannot help much. Just one word of advice: > >"remount the filesystem read-only *now*" (if it's not too late) > >maybe have a look at www.phlak.org (I discovered it yesterday), it has a >lot of security and system analysis tools > >pc > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list