From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 653241382C5 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 954B8E0AC5; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:13:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1105c7.megamailservers.com (mail774.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46DD8E0AB1 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:13:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Authenticated-User: admin@sys-concept.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=megamailservers.com; s=mailtor; t=1610341997; bh=1DgwFtUtbKB6OrZ8KqHdRvR66S4YnKCgjJESBNls5lc=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=doIg6xX3OnHezVYy091W5oB3YdyvI3vO1+ua1A4IUbG8SVwbbmeDV1TZhsvvSqhCv VlkmJnYmF/6wxPWn0iojF3jwyZ3K8VrDkV1Jd9TH0A3nqS6JGBzCkLSnFMQJpS4KUN 3i/QaAlprqlleCrX8ZsIi7X2Ox6soJ9f+AJfFDDw= Feedback-ID:thelma@sys-conc X-VIP: 69.49.109.100 Received: from [10.0.0.109] 184.69.242.18":"34521 ([184.69.242.18]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1105c7.megamailservers.com (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id 10B5DFH3027657 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:13:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <0de4c60d-1889-3bae-eab7-64cd8279952e@youngman.org.uk> <3529161f-2d6a-189a-cca1-c2d3ade8cafe@sys-concept.com> From: thelma@sys-concept.com Message-ID: <02eba3f7-d583-2599-b53c-5ac121a3a602@sys-concept.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:13:10 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A742F15.5FFBDE6D.001C:SCFSTAT54230205,ss=1,re=-4.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: -4.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.3 cv=bp8y+3Si c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=u3gW5Uk2xAGXuEgp5FffjQ==:117 a=u3gW5Uk2xAGXuEgp5FffjQ==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=_dEtvt7_TRWXmfCftw8A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-VADE-SPAMSTATE: clean X-VADE-SPAMSCORE: 0 X-VADE-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrvdehtddgjeekucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecujffquffvqffrkfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepuffvfhfhkffffgggjggtgfesthejredttdefjeenucfhrhhomhepthhhvghlmhgrsehshihsqdgtohhntggvphhtrdgtohhmnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepffekueffledvvdevfefhgfffkeduvdehfeehteekgfdujeehgfekheffheektddtnecukfhppedukeegrdeiledrvdegvddrudeknecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehinhgvthepudekgedrieelrddvgedvrddukedphhgvlhhopegluddtrddtrddtrddutdelngdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhgvlhhmrgesshihshdqtghonhgtvghpthdrtghomhdprhgtphhtthhopehgvghnthhoohdquhhsvghrsehlihhsthhsrdhgvghnthhoohdrohhrgh X-Origin-Country: CA X-Archives-Salt: 15802555-c03b-4d8f-94a5-cd9bc3fcd03f X-Archives-Hash: 205f5e1b945a1a8af10943d93894ce8c 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?