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

2021-01-11 Thread Wols Lists
On 11/01/21 04:06, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > 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

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

2021-01-11 Thread Adam Carter
> > When I try to use > usermod -d /mnt/home/thelma -m thelma > I get: > usermod: user thelma is currently used by process 3037 > Is 3037 an instance of bash running as thelma? If so, try logging out that user then run the usermod command as root (not thelma su'd to root)

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