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&#39;m pretty sure that usermod will also take care of the ownership issues as well. Check &#39;man usermod&#39; for more details on this. If you don&#39;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 &#39;chown -R {username} [homedir]&#39; command.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks. Is that the only thing I have to worry about?<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Patricia Wilson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:wilson.pr.gm@gmail.com" target="_blank">wilson.pr.gm@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Note that your home directory name appears in the /etc/passwd file so the system knows where you &quot;live&quot; when you login. If you change the name of that directory you need to change your entry in the passwd file to match.<br>


<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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How would I accomplish this? Is it as easy as just moving the old name to the new name; or should I do a &#39;find -r / &lt;old directory&gt;|mv - &lt;newdirectory&#39;? <br clear="all"><span><font color="#888888"><br>
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