Re: change home directory name

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Author: Patricia Wilson
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: change home directory name
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 <> 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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