Command to change the default home directory of a user [closed]
Ibrahim's comment on the other answer is the correct way to alter an existing user's home directory.
Change the user's home directory:
usermod -d /newhome/username username
usermod
is the command to edit an existing user. -d
(abbreviation for --home
) will change the user's home directory.
Change the user's home directory + Move the contents of the user's current directory:
usermod -m -d /newhome/username username
-m
(abbreviation for --move-home
) will move the content from the user's current directory to the new directory.
From Linux Change Default User Home Directory While Adding A New User:
Simply open this file using a text editor, type:
vi /etc/default/useradd
The default home directory defined by HOME variable, find line that read as follows:
HOME=/home
Replace with:
HOME=/iscsi/user
Save and close the file. Now you can add user using regular useradd command:
# useradd vivek# passwd vivek
Verify user information:
# finger vivek
The accepted answer is faulty, since the contents from the initial user folder are not moved using it. I am going to add another answer to correct it:
sudo usermod -d /newhome/username -m username
You don't need to create the folder with username and this will also move your files from the initial user folder to /newhome/username folder.