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This is not a CentOs issue or problem. This plain Jane UNIX. $HOME can be anything you want or need it to be. Copy the user's home directory to where you want and make the appropriate changes in the passwd file or automount maps.<BR>
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On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 06:07 +0900, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi there,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">As you know, $HOME is generally located at "/home/$username" by default.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I would like to re-locate all users' $HOME directories to something like</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"/export/home/$username" without having a hassle/trouble.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Initially, I've thought of just copying them to the new directory (under</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/export/home/xxx), but guessed it might trouble for the normal use (I'm</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">pretty new to CentOS, although many experiences with Debian/Ubuntu).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Is there any good tricks (or caveats) when moving users' home directory</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">cleanly with CentOS? (I'm with CentOS 5.5 x86_64)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Cheers,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Soo-Hyun</FONT>
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