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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Duplicate home directory Post 302889421 by rbatte1 on Thursday 20th of February 2014 12:09:53 PM
Old 02-20-2014
Was /home part of the root filesystem and did you move the content of /home to the new filesystem with something like this:-
Code:
mkdir /newhome
mount /dev/sda2 /newhome
mv /home /newhome
umount /newhome
mount /home

I would always do this booted from media so I could ensure that the disks were all idle. You may well find that home directories point to /home/twood etc. but when you log in it tells you that it's not found.

If you have done this, then a better way to have achieved this would be:-
  • Boot from media, no network, start a shell. Then:-
    Code:
    mkdir /mnt/root
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/root
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home

cd /mnt/root/home
tar -cvf - . | (cd /mnt/home ; tar -xvpf -)
cd

mv /mnt/root/home /mnt/root/oldhome
mkdir -pm 755 /mnt/root/home
umount /mnt/root
umount /mnt/home
exit

  • Reboot the server.
If this all works then you can dispose of /oldhome when you are happy.

Of course, it depends where you are now. Can you tell us what was actually done?



Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
 

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createhomedir

createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME

     createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer.

SYNOPSIS

     createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username]

DESCRIPTION

     createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories.

OPTIONS

     -s       creates home directories for server home paths only (default).

     -c       creates home directories for local home paths only.

     -b       creates home directories for both server and local home paths.

     -a       creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path.

     -l       creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain.

     -n directoryDomainName
	      creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path.

     -u username
	      creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a,
	      -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed.

     -i       reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line.

     -h       usage help.

FILES

     /usr/sbin/createhomedir			   location of tool

CAVEATS

     When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible
     home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly.

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