change home directory name

[Patricia Wilson]

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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Patricia Wilson
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