Restore Deleted User

We need to restore the eDirectory account as well restore the users GW account and all of their email messages. We found this doc to restore the user account which sounds easy enough.
Novell Documentation
It is restoring all of the users email that looks like it is going to require restoring all the post office files to another location (restore area).
So, my questions are:
1. Do we really need to restore the entire post office?
2. Are there just certain db files we can restore without restoring the entire over 100GB of data from tape?
Thanks

* bpinet,
you could drop some files, like all the unneeded user databases, and maybe even the message databases you don't need, but I assume the majority of space is being used in offiles (attachments). I found it's not worth the few megabytes, I just restore everything.
Uwe
Novell Knowledge Partner (NKP)
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We have OID configured with our OIM system. I need to restore the users I manually deleted from the OID. I am not able to find this. Can anyone please let me know the steps to recover the deleted users from the OID.
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Thiago Leoncio.

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Restore deleted user account

How do I restore a deleted admin user account?

Did you save the data? Recreate it, using the same username and password. If you saved the date, mount the disk image and put the saved things in the new folders.

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Hi!
The tree\LAN has 3 servers:
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Can you restore a deleted user?

Is there a supported way to restore a 'deleted' user?
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Douglas

hi doughlas,
Check this sap
note 827232 - Recreation of deleted users
Summary
Symptom
It is not possible to recreate a user that has been removed with the
same user code. When trying to do so, error message "Cannot insert
duplicate key" is displayed.
Other terms
Cancel, remove, delete, add, code, name, SAP Business One
Reason and Prerequisites
It is by design that a user that has been removed is still stored
in user table OUSR as he might be linked to transactions and
therefore needs to remain in the table. The field "User Group" in
table OUSR indicates whether a user is deleted or not (deleted users
have the value "99" in this field).
Solution
You need to recreate the user with a different code.
Header Data
Release Status: Released for Customer
Released on: 16.03.2005 08:37:17
Master Language: English
Priority: Recommendations/additional info
Category: FAQ
Primary Component: SBO-ADM-SET-GEN General
Affected Releases
Release-Independent
hope it will solve problem.
Jeyakanthan

Restore deleted AD User Account in Windows Server 2012

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Hi James,
Yes, You should have a valid system state back to perform an authoritative restore.
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a tombstone.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp/archive/2006/12/14/using-adrestore-tool-to-restore-deleted-objects.aspx
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How to restore a user's calendar agenda

How to restore a user's Calendar agenda
When you delete users from LDAP and then re-add them to a Calendar node, they
will be assigned new nscalxitemid's.
However, if you have not run any of the tools for removing these
"orphan" entries, the old
nscalxitemid's should
still exist in the Calendar database.

To restore a user's agenda from the Calendar database, use the following steps:

<OL>
<LI>Use ldapsearch to
locate the user entries for the user who you are trying to restore.

Depending on what version of Directory Server you have, the
ldapsearch command line
utility will be in one of the following locations:

(Directory Server 3.x): 
ServerRoot/bin/slapd/server

(Directory Server 4.x): 
ServerRoot/shared/bin
To search for the user with the UserID "bbunny," the syntax for
ldapsearch would be as follows:

ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" -w password
-b o=netscape.com uid=bbunny | more (All on one line)

It is also possible to dump the output of this command into a file, as in the
following example:

ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" -w password
-b o=netscape.com uid=bbunny > bbunny.txt (All on one line)

The LDAP entry for a Calendar user would appear something as follows (Note:
 The Calendar attribute, nscalxitemid
is in bold, and the ID number
is in red):

dn: uid=bbunny,o=netscape.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: nsLicenseUser
objectclass: mailRecipient
objectclass: nsCalUser
givenname: Bugs
sn: Bunny
cn: Bugs Bunny
uid: bbunny
nslicensedfor: mail
nslicensedfor: calendar
mail: [email protected]
mailhost: st-thomas.netscape.com
multilinedescription: I'm da wabbit!
maildeliveryoption: mailbox
nscalxitemid: 10000:00257
nscalflags: 0
nscallanguageid: 0
nscalsysopcanwritepassword: 0
nscalpasswordrequired: 1
nscaldefaultnotereminder: 0:0
nscaldefaultreminder: 0:10
nscaldefaulttaskreminder: 0:0
nscaldisplayprefs: 4:480:1080:1:30:190:2
nscaloperatingprefs:
0:255:0:0:0:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:14
40:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440
nscalrefreshprefs: 1:60
nscalnotifmechanism: 1
nscaltimezone: 0

In the line nscalxitemid: 10000:00257
, "10000" is the node number and
"00257" is the
calID number.
The number you will need to change is the
calID number,
"00257".

<LI>From the /unison/bin
directory for Calendar, run
unidsdiff
or ctxdirdiff (whichever
is available) to find the Calendar agenda that is missing an LDAP entry.

The syntax for these utilities will be as follows:

unidsdiff -n 10000
or
ctxdirdiff -n 10000

These utilities should list any entries that don't have a matching directory
entry, usually in the following format:

nscalxItemid="10000:00256" (S="Bunny",G="Bugs")

The ID number in red is the ID that you will
use to replace the ID number in the LDAP entry.

<LI>Use one of the following two options to update the LDAP entry:

Option#1:

<LI>Edit the file from the ldapsearch
output by changing the
nscalxitemid in this
file to the correct ID from the
unidsdiff/ctxdirdiff
output (from step 2 above).
<LI>Delete the user from LDAP.
<LI>Use ldapmodify to
re-add the user from the file you edited.
(ldapmodify is located
in the same directory as ldapsearch

For example,

ldapmodify -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -a -f filename
</UL>
Option#2:

<LI>Edit the file from the ldapsearch
output using update statements that
will update the LDAP entry without having to delete it.

For example, you can edit the output in step 1 above so that the file contains
only the following lines with the correct
nscalxitemid:

dn: uid=bbunny,o=netscape.com
changetype: modify
replace: nscalxitemid
nscaxitemid: 10000:00256

<LI>Use ldapmodify to
update the entry in the file, as follows:

ldapmodify -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -f filename
</UL>
</OL>
After performing the above steps, you can use
ldapsearch to locate
the entry and verify that it was changed. The user should now be
able to log into the Calendar Client and see her previous agenda entries.

How to restore a user's Calendar agenda
When you delete users from LDAP and then re-add them to a Calendar node, they
will be assigned new nscalxitemid's.
However, if you have not run any of the tools for removing these
"orphan" entries, the old
nscalxitemid's should
still exist in the Calendar database.

To restore a user's agenda from the Calendar database, use the following steps:

<OL>
<LI>Use ldapsearch to
locate the user entries for the user who you are trying to restore.

Depending on what version of Directory Server you have, the
ldapsearch command line
utility will be in one of the following locations:

(Directory Server 3.x): 
ServerRoot/bin/slapd/server

(Directory Server 4.x): 
ServerRoot/shared/bin
To search for the user with the UserID "bbunny," the syntax for
ldapsearch would be as follows:

ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" -w password
-b o=netscape.com uid=bbunny | more (All on one line)

It is also possible to dump the output of this command into a file, as in the
following example:

ldapsearch -D "cn=directory manager" -w password
-b o=netscape.com uid=bbunny > bbunny.txt (All on one line)

The LDAP entry for a Calendar user would appear something as follows (Note:
 The Calendar attribute, nscalxitemid
is in bold, and the ID number
is in red):

dn: uid=bbunny,o=netscape.com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
objectclass: organizationalPerson
objectclass: inetOrgPerson
objectclass: nsLicenseUser
objectclass: mailRecipient
objectclass: nsCalUser
givenname: Bugs
sn: Bunny
cn: Bugs Bunny
uid: bbunny
nslicensedfor: mail
nslicensedfor: calendar
mail: [email protected]
mailhost: st-thomas.netscape.com
multilinedescription: I'm da wabbit!
maildeliveryoption: mailbox
nscalxitemid: 10000:00257
nscalflags: 0
nscallanguageid: 0
nscalsysopcanwritepassword: 0
nscalpasswordrequired: 1
nscaldefaultnotereminder: 0:0
nscaldefaultreminder: 0:10
nscaldefaulttaskreminder: 0:0
nscaldisplayprefs: 4:480:1080:1:30:190:2
nscaloperatingprefs:
0:255:0:0:0:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:14
40:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440:0:0:1440:0:1440
nscalrefreshprefs: 1:60
nscalnotifmechanism: 1
nscaltimezone: 0

In the line nscalxitemid: 10000:00257
, "10000" is the node number and
"00257" is the
calID number.
The number you will need to change is the
calID number,
"00257".

<LI>From the /unison/bin
directory for Calendar, run
unidsdiff
or ctxdirdiff (whichever
is available) to find the Calendar agenda that is missing an LDAP entry.

The syntax for these utilities will be as follows:

unidsdiff -n 10000
or
ctxdirdiff -n 10000

These utilities should list any entries that don't have a matching directory
entry, usually in the following format:

nscalxItemid="10000:00256" (S="Bunny",G="Bugs")

The ID number in red is the ID that you will
use to replace the ID number in the LDAP entry.

<LI>Use one of the following two options to update the LDAP entry:

Option#1:

<LI>Edit the file from the ldapsearch
output by changing the
nscalxitemid in this
file to the correct ID from the
unidsdiff/ctxdirdiff
output (from step 2 above).
<LI>Delete the user from LDAP.
<LI>Use ldapmodify to
re-add the user from the file you edited.
(ldapmodify is located
in the same directory as ldapsearch

For example,

ldapmodify -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -a -f filename
</UL>
Option#2:

<LI>Edit the file from the ldapsearch
output using update statements that
will update the LDAP entry without having to delete it.

For example, you can edit the output in step 1 above so that the file contains
only the following lines with the correct
nscalxitemid:

dn: uid=bbunny,o=netscape.com
changetype: modify
replace: nscalxitemid
nscaxitemid: 10000:00256

<LI>Use ldapmodify to
update the entry in the file, as follows:

ldapmodify -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -f filename
</UL>
</OL>
After performing the above steps, you can use
ldapsearch to locate
the entry and verify that it was changed. The user should now be
able to log into the Calendar Client and see her previous agenda entries.

New Macbook Air setup problem with deleting user account

I recently changed from a MBP to a MBA and upon completing my migration data from old mac to new one I had an extra user account. So I have my admin account and a guest account and a third account that I don't want. Upon trying to delete this account it show "deleting user account and home folder" but it has been doing this for more than an hour therefore it will not let me exit system preferences. Any help on this?

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Changing a deleted user's password

I recently had a deleted user where I needed to recover some emails from.
I restored a copy of the post office, placed this copy to allow direct
access and opened their mailbox using the /ph- switch.
However this user had placed a password on their mailbox. Luckily I was
able to figure out what the password was. However it occured to me that
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Does anyone know what I could have done to change/remove the users'
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Thanks.

Edward van der Maas wrote:
> Brian Mantler wrote:
>
>> I recently had a deleted user where I needed to recover some emails
>> from.
>>
>> I restored a copy of the post office, placed this copy to allow
>> direct access and opened their mailbox using the /ph- switch.
>>
>> However this user had placed a password on their mailbox. Luckily I
>> was able to figure out what the password was. However it occured to
>> me that I wouldn't have known how to clear this password because her
>> mailbox was "offline".
>>
>> Does anyone know what I could have done to change/remove the users'
>> password?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> gwcheck | select reset client options and check 'clear user's password'
>
I have now tried this, but it does not seem to clear the user's password.
I have included the gwcheck.log file below.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
================================================== ==============================
===== BEGIN - JOB LOG
================================================== ========
================================================== ==============================
================================================== ==============================
===== TASK LOG - 0 (46b9a715.ckl)
==============================================
================================================== ==============================
Novell GroupWise - GWCHECK - Version 7.0.1
Processed on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 - 11:20 am
Processing information for this run:
Path to PO = E:\post
Post Office= COE
User = testpocoe
Action = Resetting Preferences
Verbose = Yes
Upd DiskSpace= No
Output log = gwchk32.log
GWCHECK user options analysis:
- options are consistent.
STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION of system databases
STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION of database ngwguard.db
- Database is structurally consistent
Reading Guardian Database store catalog info
Searching for User/Post Office information for testpocoe
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RESETTING user preferences for user database E:\post\ofuser\usergo7.db
- resetting record 41000 - type = ENVIRONMENT
- resetting record 41001 - type = SEND
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PROCESSING COMPLETED- total processing time: 0:00:01
Processing completed
***** OVERALL STATS FOR THIS RUN *****
Uncorrectable conditions encountered:
- No problems found
Correctable conditions encountered:
- No problems found
Overall processing time for the entire job: 0:00:03
Accumulated task processing times spent on the job: 0:00:03
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
================================================== ==============================
===== END - JOB LOG
================================================== ==========
================================================== ==============================

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I am prepping a few Macs to sell on eBay and wanted to remove the user files and get them to do the startup song and dance when the new user turns it on. I used the following commands in Safe Mode:
mount -uw /
rm -rf /Users/*
cd /var/db
rm .AppleSetupDone
rm .com.apple.iokit.graphics
rm -rf dhcpclient
rm -rf samba
shutdown -h now
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dscl . delete /users/username
typing the exact user name, and I get this response:
dscl[6] *** Uncaught DS Exception: <(null)> (eServerSendError)
I tried deleting all of them with:
dscl . delete /users/*
and I get the same response:
dscl[6] *** Uncaught DS Exception: <(null)> (eServerSendError)
I tried using:
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dscl[6] *** Uncaught DS Exception: <(null)> (eServerSendError)
I tried using:
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When I do that and hit 'return' it drops a line and does..... nothing. It just sits there and won't respond to any commands, the prompt isn't there. I wait, and wait, and wait and it just sits there.
So, I have two questions:
1. How do I delete ALL users in Safe Mode (I don't want to start the computer and create a new user after I've made the computer redo the AppleSetup dance).
2. Why in the HECK does the cursor just sit there, on a blank line, and do nothing after I issue the niutil command?
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TIA
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No offense, but perhaps you ddin't read my whole post. Both of the links you provided (which I've read before) do not allow one to UPDATE the software and then return it to a state that has the AppleSetup launching on boot. If I wanted to load OS X 10.4 without updating it to 10.4.11 then those solutions would work fine, but that isn't what I want to do. I want to update everything - Tiger and all the software - as far as it will go and THEN return the machine to factory state. I could go into why I want to do this, but I won't bore anyone. The point is, I do.
Can someone that understand Unix commands on the Mac help me? Thanks.

How to restore deleted manual conditions from sales order?

Hello Experts,
I have a situation where one of the users did a mass change on many sales orders. As part of this mass change, re-pricing was done and that deleted all manual conditions which are applied on each sales order item level.
Is there a way I can restore deleted manual conditions?
Please let me know and appreciate any help!
Thanks!
PL.

hi
peter
you find the sale order manual deleted condition types in AUT10 t code level
go to AUT10 t code here enter the sale order number and give the date time, then execute now its showing condition types and amount also
pl check below screen
regards
sankar

How to remove User IDs for deleted users from the Disk Quota list

Hello,
We have a computer lab setup with an Xserve managing 15 stations in the lab. Users are setup with networked home directories and quota's are setup on the drive containing the home directories to limit users' storage.
The user account and the quota limit are setup with Workgroup Manager. When a student has been gone for a while and we are sure they no longer need the account we delete their account within Workgroup Manager and move their Home folder to the trash.
When viewing disk usage in Server Admin (by selecting the volume and clicking the Quatas tab) user ids for deleted users are listed and it still shows the disk usage and quota settings for the user.
How can I remove theses user ids from the quota list?
Any help would be appreciated.
Brian

I would restore User's file structre back to normal just by copying from standby user?
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=windows-7
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action. If you're annoying about this unknown user, then you can remove all occurrences of granted rights to the specified SID with this command icals [/remove[:g|:d]] <Sid>[...]] [/t] [/c] [/l] [/q]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753525.aspx
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