I deleted all files and folders (including hidden) from /home/username/ now in big trouble

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Published on 2013-06-27T12:35:03Z Indexed on 2013/06/28 10:29 UTC
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I am logged into a remote ubuntu server, and I accidentally erased the entire /home/username/ directory for the current user. The only thing left is a hidden directory called .gvfs. I don't need anything of the Documents/Music/etc.

Now it is not letting me cd into the /var/www/ directory, which has permissions 666 and it is owned by the current user.

I am afraid to disconnect from my ssh session because I don't know if I will be able to get back on. Have I permanently created a problem? Is there a way I can replace the most important files to the /home/username/ directory?

Thanks!

** EDIT **

Thanks everyone for the help. I figured the problem with cd into the /var/www/ was actually my permissions in the /var/www/ directory. It was set to 666, changed it to 755 and everything was good again. It doesn't look like anything systematic was ruined by deleting the contents of the user folder.

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