I have accidentally deleted a file from my home directory.
Do you really need your home directory to do any work?
Would you like it if user Jane had the rights to delete files in you home directory?
Unix based web servers allow a convenient shortcut to accessing files placed in the directory public_html in the user's home directory.
To initiate a connection to your M drive home directory via the command-line, you MUST have super-user privileges to your linux workstation.