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 7539C1382C5 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:41:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E7419E0AA3; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:41:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi1-x22d.google.com (mail-oi1-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::22d]) (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 9C4A0E08FF for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:41:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi1-x22d.google.com with SMTP id s75so19376892oih.1 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:41:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=+/m+3ANKN5tYMEoUH9tt+gPQ5AdqFeTaf1LMTb67jKo=; b=cR6M10t5pzMx2yiMw6W5QhnrHPP5Kjt6IC+0v+Qkbpx00F0u08MITontV1fawRR/iD 3J4gNyAjEMTN6DQNZKE8IT9GK1Mmcc4tLyZzHziFOzLVbQNHv/g0V0nEDSTa5KwgcfNF H7p8SPBEFb/HbRrutrEVfffOddjgp4B/66U8P6Y2vz91gcXyrRqEhsB1pueYhGykKF8T utXQnBj8F/BZ0Gel71mk5tmXjI+vIp2cyA5Gr4CvcWOWNCyTDFDTr9KyrptyoXM5Oodw kAk2ARW4JJyimF+FqIxB7WG6lAb7E6z4SPTkBVhmK+UYur3TZb+0cQ+GBX0CUdnTBkH3 cOtQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=+/m+3ANKN5tYMEoUH9tt+gPQ5AdqFeTaf1LMTb67jKo=; b=H58ig9KyjShqMB6bOjbq9FL+dCeG+KHxHjnvKcwruX2LP1bQuhUel5lBB3quMTQJJR qfuGmx8jI2bgSa2GsrL4L/8fYSadncc2Cec4c4+xXQTHC7xRq7uXB7PjusqjyMJ4xwnI GRoPoibLsOFm9SjFzSUDdhBWTBt6jo8Ara92HI5bM+4t3SQODoSk0861QrmNLqvb25yf 5Pw/VcAbPxW1T/BkzjzXhLYzYkM9H0wZjMcA3vI75jhTgVDNuGNv3AZqDBu8uCUasfLi xNcwWYcCgMAEH9vpM0wwOp3HPO+6zAzmgbczRr3UVVOQc5aFO2dtfY9Fx7JdSYU8/ihV gCCg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532w57A9ivdhYtW+Vco6P8sn1I6K6id+mgQXB3GE7LzGS6sO8YV1 VEIbvzVjTxeQ9HoAkLk53xNJv8JIrqIGaIvR0Nqc4jwP X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy36Ou5eosgtYlOuuOROa4nAzoLx2yTecnd5pNs0DxZCGZAbV0X6hPQnp4Ll4MN+Clp6miun4Ab3L4DtsXOuuA= X-Received: by 2002:aca:f10b:: with SMTP id p11mr9808230oih.55.1610354501593; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:41:41 -0800 (PST) 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 References: <0de4c60d-1889-3bae-eab7-64cd8279952e@youngman.org.uk> <3529161f-2d6a-189a-cca1-c2d3ade8cafe@sys-concept.com> <02eba3f7-d583-2599-b53c-5ac121a3a602@sys-concept.com> In-Reply-To: <02eba3f7-d583-2599-b53c-5ac121a3a602@sys-concept.com> From: Adam Carter Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:41:30 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive To: Gentoo User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000007acd205b89be021" X-Archives-Salt: 3b7f46ca-04fa-4e44-8645-6fc3bb70e905 X-Archives-Hash: 6cd6f9b5d7b4b6da8a18bd53d914e879 --00000000000007acd205b89be021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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) --00000000000007acd205b89be021 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
When I try to=C2=A0 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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