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  1. 01-09-2005 #1
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    changeing /home directory ?

    when I install slackware I mount /dev/hda3 as /home/fo instead of just /home (I have no idea why :D).


    how to change my home directory from /home/fo to /home ?
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    I don't know how, honestly, but a quick and dirty hack would be to symlink the /home/fo and /home directories together.

    This is definately not a permanent solution, though :)

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    You could edit /etc/passwd and change the home directory for your user to /home instead of /home/something. Careful in there though, you could easily make it impossible to login
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    Re: changeing /home directory ?

    Quote Originally Posted by obs
    when I install slackware I mount /dev/hda3 as /home/fo instead of just /home (I have no idea why ).


    how to change my home directory from /home/fo to /home ?
    also u can try to change /etc/fstab

    maybe this can solve ur problem
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  5. 01-09-2005 #5
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    Yeah, that would be better. I didn't realize at first that hda3 was being mounted to /home/fo, I thought you just wanted to change home directory. I should learn to read or something. But if you just mount it to /home it should work.
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  7. 01-09-2005 #7
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    thanks MaX_ManIc

    problem solved
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