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Change a users Home Directory
Posted on 2011-03-07
I'm on CENTOS and trying to change an existing user's home directory. I tried usermod, but says that command is bad. Any other way?
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I did that, but got this error bash: usermod: command not found. Do I need to do it from a certain location?
Other easy way is to edit the /etc/passwd file
Manually change the user and change its home directory
Manually change the user and change its home directory
Easy: As root edit /etc/passwd using texteditor and modify Field No 6.
Fields are separated by colon (:)
Entry loks like
username:x:uid:gid:Comment
Fields are separated by colon (:)
Entry loks like
username:x:uid:gid:Comment
Active 2 days ago
heh, tried that before and had some major issues after the edit, would like to do using usermod, I am logged in as root, but still getting the error: error bash: usermod: command not found
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