Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > Also, I cannot manipulate passwords at all. When I try to set a user > password using the users and groups applet, it hangs. When I try to > set a user password from the root login via passwd <user>, I always > get an authentication failure. > > Does that clarify the problem to anyone else? Hmm, not sure about the password part of this... but is SELinux enabled? If so, you might have to run restorecon on the new /home directory. Also, you said you "think" permissions were preserved, but it's better to be absolutely sure: when you "ls -la" any user's home directory, they own every file/directory in their home (including "hidden" ones like .gnome, etc)? Lastly, in Users & Groups applet, the home directories are correct for each user? johnn