On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 11:59:27AM +0100, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 15:05, Alexis Vasquez wrote: > > what I need is rename '/home' as '/something'. > > Why? Before reading further think about how the system expects users > home directories under that directory. Renaming it will cause all user > logins to fail! > > > '/home' is a filesystem on '/dev/hda5'.. > > > > is this as simple as a rename or mv.... > > Almost. If you have /home under a separate filesystem you can create > "/something" and edit /etc/fstab to mount the /home partition under > /something. Mind that users home directories are set in /etc/passwd and > they cannot be found unless you fix that too. > > > I'm concern about the data it holds > > Then make sure you know what you're doing. > > Klaasjan Keeping all the cautions above in mind mv will do the job without distroing anything. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
