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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:41:30 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=wYCEewScOqFPdSndio7_TZ0Gore=2kZ9CqSNANDf40ek68w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <02eba3f7-d583-2599-b53c-5ac121a3a602@sys-concept.com>

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>
> When I try to  use
> usermod -d /mnt/home/thelma -m thelma
> I get:
> usermod: user thelma is currently used by process 3037
>

Is 3037 an instance of bash running as thelma?

If so, try logging out that user then run the usermod command as root (not
thelma su'd to root)

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-11  8:41 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
2021-01-11  8:41         ` Adam Carter [this message]
2021-01-11  7:58     ` Raffaele BELARDI
2021-01-11 11:30     ` Wols Lists

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