I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I think one of the updates damaged something. I now have no menus. I did discover that I can create a second user. This user has all functioning menus. My goal is to copy my home directory into the second user, resulting in a complete functioning machine. Can you walk me through the process?
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You might have to use the 'sudo' command: sudo cp /home/olduser/* /home/newuser. By default Ubuntu does not install a 'root' user. So when you type 'sudo', it will ask you for your password and you enter your normal password. But you (your username) must also be listed in /etc/sudoers.
To edit /etc/sudoers:
sudo nano /etc/sudoers. (Nano is an editor installed by default so it should be there.)- For more info on this file, do:
man sudoers. - For my Ubuntu 14.04, I just noticed my user is not in /etc/sudoers, yet I can use sudo just fine.
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cp -r /home/olduser/* /home/newuser. But I would recommend troubleshooting your problem first. – Pabi Nov 04 '14 at 11:27