change home directory name

[Michael Havens]

Thanks. Is that the only thing I have to worry about?

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Patricia Wilson <wilson.pr.gm at gmail.com>wrote:

> Note that your home directory name appears in the /etc/passwd file so the
> system knows where you "live" when you login. If you change the name of
> that directory you need to change your entry in the passwd file to match.
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How would I accomplish this? Is it as easy as just moving the old name to
>> the new name; or should I do a 'find -r / <old directory>|mv -
>> <newdirectory'?
>>
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