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 21:06:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3529161f-2d6a-189a-cca1-c2d3ade8cafe@sys-concept.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0de4c60d-1889-3bae-eab7-64cd8279952e@youngman.org.uk>
On 1/10/21 3:46 PM, antlists wrote:
> And a little bit you might have missed - DON'T put root's home on a mounted disk - if it's currently in /home, move it to /. Don't forget to edit /etc/passwd if you have to move it.
Can I use "nano" to edit /etc/password file
all I need to change is the
user:x:1000:1000::/home/user:/bin/bash
to:
user:x:1000:1000::/mnt/home/user:/bin/bash
Or I need to use: "vipw -s"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-11 4:06 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 ` thelma [this message]
2021-01-11 4:26 ` [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive Adam Carter
2021-01-11 5:13 ` thelma
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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