SUMMARY:Changing the home directory

From: Scott McCracken <scottm_at_disc-synergy.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 11:47:00 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks to the following people:
Michel Cyr at cyrmiche_at_sidoci.qc.ca
Les Walker at walker_at_latrade.com
Joern Wilms at wilms_at_bogart.colorado.edu
Matt Harrington at matt_at_sbl.salk.edu
Austin Conaty at austin_at_atmos.umd.edu
Bob Sloane at sloane_at_kuhub.cc.ukans.edu

Original Post:
>Hello,
> I have a small problem on Digital UNIX v3.2A. I need to move some
>of my users off of /usr onto /usr1. I have looked at CHSH and CHFN and
>neither of these programs will allow me to change the home directory.
>I even tried to change the /etc/passwd file for the home directory and
>that didn't work. Does anybody have any ideas on how to do this.

>Thanks in Advance,
>Scott

Solution:
I had changed the HOME directories in the password file, and moved the
directories to the /usr1 partition, but I didn't run mkpasswd. Once I ran
that program everything started working. The syntax that I used was
mkpasswd -v /etc/passwd

Thanks again to all of those who helped me out.

Scott
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Scott "Scottie" McCracken, PVCS Project Manager
Internet address scottm_at_DISC-Synergy.com
Phone: (916)635-6776x312
FAX: (916)635-6549
Received on Fri Aug 11 1995 - 21:49:12 NZST

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