change home directory name

[Matrix Mole]

If you are changing your username, there is flags to the usermod command
that can help change the home directory. The -d flag to usermod will update
/etc/passwd with the users home directory, and the -m flag will move the
old directory to the new name. I'm pretty sure that usermod will also take
care of the ownership issues as well. Check 'man usermod' for more details
on this. If you don't use the usermod command, then there is also the
ownership issue to consider with changing home directory. The chown command
can help make sure the directory is owned by the correct user with 'chown
-R {username} [homedir]' command.


On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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