testdisk photorec from http://www.cgsecurity.org is confusing to use properly

I ran the file recovery program photorec from CGSecurity it generated 60 gigabytes of files that I couldn't delete. It turns out you have to install the root account this takes 20 minutes of fast internet connection. This is a bug ubuntu needs to get rid of the bloatware and install a complete system.

 

This is a joke, right? That is the lamest evidence I've ever seen. Ever seen the bloat-ware that come's on a HP?

 

It also come with office software that takes up like 200MB, Internet browser, mail client, lots of diagnostics software, and the movie player does work, just download the codecs. Does Windows let you delete system files? Didn't thinks so.... A virus tries to destroy your operating system(e.g. Windows), Ubuntu does none of that.

Waste of thread space if you ask me.

 

The program photorec a part of the program testdisk from CGSecurity is malware. It creates files on your computer that you can't remove under the root account. The CGSecurity website does not give you instructions on how to remove these files. Removal may be possible however it requires too much expertise for the casual user. It may be necessary to remove each file separately this would be impossible with the 120000 files my program generated.

 

Don't feed the troll. Ubuntu is a perfectly safe OS. PhotoRec is an okay tool, but only under certain conditions. Odds are the OP didn't set parameters and ended up recovering every possible file fragment on his hard drive in the unmapped area.

 

Not even rm -rf * would work?

 

No it is not. PEBKAC.

 

More like: why your thread is flamebait. Move along, nothing to see here.

 

It's not a bug, it's a feature even Windows has had for decades.

You don't have to "install the root account" - I'm not even sure what you mean by this. the root account is the administrator account - which is there by default.

Oh it works, but unless you feel like getting sued, installing the free for personal use codecs for certain video formats is about as easy as breathing, with a few less muscle involved even. It even *tells* you which ones it needs and auto install.

And it will let you delete files providing you've got administrator permissions - every single major OS does this.

 

I guess 'sudo apt-get remove <packagename>' is too difficult for the OP.

 

Will someone hand this man a beginner's guide?

Ubuntu:Lucid -

 

cgi.security sent me the commands rm -rf they work without the root account still I'm not going to back down linux was created to give users control over their computers that microsoft doesn't want you to have. I haven't been able to find these commands on ubuntu's website or cgi.securities web site. You should be able to delete these files from the graphical interface. Most people who run photorec will end up taking their computer in for service to get these files removed.

 

In linux CLI edition you have total control. Typically the GUI will take away some access controls to prevent novices from doing irreparable harm to their operating systems. You are not most people, as most do not use linux. Most people who choose to use linux bother to read the documentation.

Ubuntu Manpage: rm - remove files or directories
[ubuntu] sudo su - Ubuntu Forums
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/basic-commands/C/

There's three basic Ubuntu resources that every Ubuntu user needs to know about before trying to fix any sort of problem. Now go break your OS.

FWIW, PhotoRec isn't novice software. It's data recovery, which is typically advanced level. The program itself is simple, tiny, and easy to use even though it can generate a massive amount of data.

 

Go ahead install a fresh ubuntu open a terminal and type su it will ask for a password type the password of your account or any password and it will say authentication failure. On the group tnsnopolitics : TNS No Politics List which requires an IQ of one in a thousand to join a poster suggested I type in sudo su it asks for a password use your user password and it responds with root@youraccount-laptop/home/test# now try to delete the file recup_dir.1 generated by the program photorec and it will say cannot move file to trash, do you want to delete immediately type delete and it will say error while deleting there was an error in deleting fxxxxxxxx.xxx type skip and it will say error while deleting and give you the name of the second file there are 500 files in each directory. Do all 500 files and you will find the recup_dir.1 is still there. Now some of you will respond I need to run and you will give me some word salad commands. Sorry no the directories should have been deleted by now.

 

That's because on Ubuntu you need to run sudo su instead of plain su.

 

Maybe they're just hidden files, if so press Ctrl + H in the nautilus browser window and you will see them.

Also, next time please ask for help instead of declaring a useful piece of software to be malware.

 

personally i don't like ubuntu or any Linux distro for that matter, but to say its "malware" is ridiculous. there's nothing wrong with the OS, you just need to do some research, there are plenty of forums 7 people that would be willing to help you just have to open your mind to actually having to do something to make it work. do some research,and im sure you will find a solution to your problem.

 

rm -rf


love it

 

Why didn't you just Google the most obvious phrase the comes to mind (ubuntu root account)? The very first result will tell you everything you need to know about Ubuntu and the root account. Yes, Ubuntu does things differently, but it's not necessarily bad and it's certainly not malware. Their philosophy is that instead of logging in as root, the user specifies whether it is to be run as root for each command. Thus, instead of doing "su" and then "rm", you would do "sudo rm". I haven't used it much so I can't say whether this it is better or worse, but it's hardly the terrible thing you describe and they give the option of a persistent root if you really need it. You just need to read the documentation.

 

Well, that's your fault, type sudo su.

Also, ever thought the problem was with your software? Or behind your monitor?

 

I merged these two threads because they're about the same thing. cosmic_ac, just because you're unhappy with some software doesn't make it malware. Linux is not Windows. You will have to understand a bit more about the computer to make things work. Doing what you think should work is not the same as doing what will work.

 

Ok here is how to do it buy a sunbeamtech SATA to USB bridge for about $25 connect the hard drive to a windows computer. Open up disk managment delete all the partitions on the drive and assign it a letter. Run Recuvah.

 

What the heck are you talking about? Did all this start because you didn't bother to fsck the drive?

 

linux is generally for people who have realized that using their OS and building their OS are one and the same
you cant really think of anything as if its going wrong or it will just be more confusing.
thats all.