From: thelma@sys-concept.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:13:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <02eba3f7-d583-2599-b53c-5ac121a3a602@sys-concept.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC=wYCEwzM=x0LAavHbsu1yKfR5t9BKQvZ_6rPrd5z6J=v8ojg@mail.gmail.com>
On 1/10/21 9:26 PM, Adam Carter wrote:
>>
>> Can I use "nano" to edit /etc/password file
>>
>
> Yes, but it's generally safest to use usermod.
When I try to use
usermod -d /mnt/home/thelma -m thelma
I get:
usermod: user thelma is currently used by process 3037
Do I need to boot strap for this to work?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-11 5:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-10 21:42 [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on save drive thelma
2021-01-10 22:46 ` antlists
2021-01-11 0:31 ` thelma
2021-01-11 1:57 ` Wols Lists
2021-01-11 1:33 ` thelma
2021-01-11 13:51 ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-11 4:06 ` [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive thelma
2021-01-11 4:26 ` Adam Carter
2021-01-11 5:13 ` thelma [this message]
2021-01-11 8:41 ` Adam Carter
2021-01-11 7:58 ` Raffaele BELARDI
2021-01-11 11:30 ` Wols Lists
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