<======= On 23 Sep 99, at 8:21, one intelligent mortal wrote: =======>
> I don't quite understand your intentions. Normally, /home contains an
> individual directory for each user (except root), with that home directory
> identified as the last-but-one field in the user's /etc/passwd entry. If you
> symlink /usr/home to /home, that will work, but only if
>
> (a) /home doesn't exist -- the 200 mb /home you have created
> will stop you from also creating a /home symlink
>
> (b) you create the individual home directories inside /usr/home
> (and set their ownerships and permissions correctly).
>
> If you do make /home a symlink to /usr/home, you won't have the actual /home
> available any longer for use with ftp.
Ok, so the way it works is I change the file /etc/passwd to point to
/usr/home/usersname.
I change the name of the /home to something like /ftp (would that be ok) ?
Then create the symlink for /home to /usr/home ?
Using the instructions I've been given :o)
Anything I've missed ?
Ard Righ
S' Rioghal Mo Dhream!
