RE: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive

2021-01-10 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
> -Original Message- > From: the...@sys-concept.com > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2021 05:07 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new > partition on same drive > > Can I use "nano" to edit /etc/password file all I need to

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive

2021-01-10 Thread thelma
On 1/10/21 9:26 PM, Adam Carter wrote: >> >> Can I use "nano" to edit /etc/password file >> > > Yes, but it's generally safest to use usermod. When I try to use usermod -d /mnt/home/thelma -m thelma I get: usermod: user thelma is currently used by process 3037 Do I need to boot strap for this

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive

2021-01-10 Thread Adam Carter
> > Can I use "nano" to edit /etc/password file > Yes, but it's generally safest to use usermod.

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive

2021-01-10 Thread thelma
On 1/10/21 3:46 PM, antlists wrote: > And a little bit you might have missed - DON'T put root's home on a mounted > disk - if it's currently in /home, move it to /. Don't forget to edit  > /etc/passwd if you have to move it. Can I use "nano" to edit /etc/password file all I need to change is

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on save drive

2021-01-10 Thread thelma
On 1/10/21 6:57 PM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 11/01/21 00:31, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 1/10/21 3:46 PM, antlists wrote: >>> On 10/01/2021 21:42, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I want to move /home directory to a new partition (save drive). I have 1-SSD drive: Filesystem

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on save drive

2021-01-10 Thread Wols Lists
On 11/01/21 00:31, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 1/10/21 3:46 PM, antlists wrote: >> On 10/01/2021 21:42, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> I want to move /home directory to a new partition (save drive). >>> >>> I have 1-SSD drive: >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% >>> /dev/sda4

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on save drive

2021-01-10 Thread thelma
On 1/10/21 3:46 PM, antlists wrote: > On 10/01/2021 21:42, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> I want to move /home directory to a new partition (save drive). >> >> I have 1-SSD drive: >> Filesystem  Size  Used Avail Use% >> /dev/sda4   916G  405G  464G  47% / >> >> >> Home directory is on it

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on save drive

2021-01-10 Thread antlists
On 10/01/2021 21:42, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: I want to move /home directory to a new partition (save drive). I have 1-SSD drive: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% /dev/sda4 916G 405G 464G 47% / Home directory is on it taking about 360GB I was planning doing it in stages.

[gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on save drive

2021-01-10 Thread thelma
I want to move /home directory to a new partition (save drive). I have 1-SSD drive: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% /dev/sda4 916G 405G 464G 47% / Home directory is on it taking about 360GB I was planning doing it in stages. Stage-1 Using Gparted to resize "/" portion shirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird log messages

2021-01-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 9 January 2021 17:44:10 GMT netfab wrote: > Hi, > > Le 09/01/21 à 16:33, Peter Humphrey a tapoté : > > I'm still working on reviving my old Thinkpad T61. I have it booting > > without X, but syslog-ng is repeating these lines every second or so. > > Does anyone recognise them? > >