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cccc	03-23-2006 04:59 PM

change user home directory from command line

hi

howto change user home directory from the command line ?
I have debian sarge.

greetings
cccc

gilead

03-23-2006 05:07 PM

You can use the usermod command. The following (run as root) will change the user smith's home directory to /tmp/smith and move all of their files with it.

Code:

usermod -m -d /tmp/smith smith

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