[plug] /home directory?? help please

[Mike Holland]

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

>   cp -a /home /mnt/temp

almost -  /home/* ?

>   mv /home /home.old ; mkdir /home ; mount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /home

> (quickly! - that is the key) move your old home directory to a backup,

Good advice, but quick doesnt help, as your user processes may have files
open, and their "current working directory" will stay the same , whereever
its moved.
 To be really safe, logout as a user while making the changes as root.


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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