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Command to change the default home directory of a user
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20797819/command-to-change-the-default-home-directory-of-a-user
Change the user's home directory:
usermod -d /newhome/username username
usermod
is the command to edit an existing user.
-d
(abbreviation for --home
) will change the user's home directory.
Change the user's home directory + Move the contents of the user's current directory:
usermod -m -d /newhome/username username
-m
(abbreviation for --move-home
) will move the content from the user's current directory to the new directory.