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I couldn't log in to my system because of a certain command I ran, I was able to access my system shell and saw the option for upgrade. Will the upgrade restore my rights privileges so that I can log in to my system again? Please your help is highly appreciated.

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If it's the same problem you wrote about here, then no. The update will update packages in system directories, not content in $HOME.

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Soren A
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  • Thanks, but I thought that upgrading and re-installing are almost the same. – michaelprime_ Dec 16 '16 at 12:58
  • Well, update only updates packages that have newer versions. Reinstall overwrites all packages. But none of them updates access-rights on files in /home .. a reinstall might overwrite /home if you don't take care. Just do what @Zanna wrote in the other question. – Soren A Dec 16 '16 at 13:05