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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I use Redhat Enterprise Edition 2.4.21 kernel version. In my
system all the user directories in /home disappeared. No one deleted it. But I don’t
know how it is missing. I had one or two open sessions where I already logged
in as root and cd’ed to one particular home directory. From there I am
able to access files in that home directory. But not from a new session. In new
session it always says no such file or directory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All my user accounts still exists. I have totally around 10
user accounts in that machine. I haven’t rebooted that machine thinking
that I can do something without reboot. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Do anyone know the reason for this and if so how to recover
it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kapil Sampath<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:normal'>"<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The
greatest sin is to think yourself weak</span></b>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> - Swami Vivekananda</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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