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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers change login dir Post 13876 by Kelam_Magnus on Thursday 24th of January 2002 03:24:58 PM
Old 01-24-2002
If this is for the root user, here is something I discovered the other day.

root:/root> cd
root:/root> echo $HOME
/root
root:/root> HOME=/
root:/root> cd
root:/> echo $HOME
/
root:/> HOME=/root
root:/> cd
root:/root>
root:/root> HOME=/usr/local/bin
root:/root> cd
root:/usr/local/bin> HOME=/root
root:/usr/local/bin> cd
root:/root>


There is a variable called $HOME. You can modify it to be what ever you want. When you type "cd" <enter> that is where you will go. As in the example above.

You can make this permanent by putting in the bottom of your .profile. export HOME=/some/dir.

This works for any user, even root and application user IDs.


Smilie Smilie
 

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dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME
dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account. SYNOPSIS
dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword] DESCRIPTION
dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled. A list of flags and their descriptions: -u username Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer. -p password Password to use in conjunction with the specified username. If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry. -r rootPassword Password to be used for the root account. If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry. EXAMPLES
-dsenableroot Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root account. -dsenableroot -d Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account. -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account. -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account. Mac OS August 08 2003 Mac OS
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