Moving /home

[Larry Hartman]

gotchya.

On Thursday 22 February 2007, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Larry Hartman wrote:
> > Thanx.  I think I understand all of this.  Some questions to vereify my
> > understanding...
> >
> > So then if hdb1 is already mounted then all I need to do is copy the
> > current /home/USR directory to hdb1 and then change path name in kuser to
> > reflect the new location?
>
> As he says, that could cause problems later.  Some programs might
> (incorrectly) assume your home directory is /home/USR .  Instead, you
> should either:
>
> 1. Mount the whole device as /home/ (which might not be workable for you).
> 2. Copy the /home/ directory to e.g. /hdb1/home/ , then execute:
> mount --bind /hdb1/home /home
>
> To make this permanent (i.e. automatic on boot), copy (while it's bound)
> the relevant line from /etc/mtab into /etc/fstab .
>
> Matthew Flaschen
>
> > I don't like to keep user profiles on same device as the OS and
> > application software....
> >
> > Larry