Linux Modify User home directory (reprint)

First: Modify the/etc/passwd file

Second: usermod command

Detailed description is as follows:

The first method:

vi /etc/passwd

Find the user you want to modify the lines, modify it. This law is very violent, it is recommended to use caution.

The second type: Usermod

usermod-d/usr/newfolder-u UID Username

You must take the UID after-u, then the username.

Attached: usermod Detailed parameters

Syntax: Usermod [-lu][-c < remarks >][-d < login directory >][-e < expiration >][-F < buffer days >][-g < group >][-g < group >][-l &L t; account name >][-s][-u] [user account]

Additional note: Usermod can be used to modify the user account settings.

parameters:
-c< remarks > Modify the Notes text of the user account.
-d Login directory > Modify the directory in which users log in.
-e< Validity period > Modify the expiration date of the account.
-f< buffer days > Modify the number of days after the password expires to close the account.
-g< Group > Modify the group to which the user belongs.
-g< Group > Modify the additional group to which the user belongs.
-l< account name > Modify user account name.
-l Lock the user password to invalidate the password.
-s Modify the shell used by the user when they log in.
-u modify the user ID.
-u unlock the password.

UID View

ID User Name

Example: Modifying the Oracle User's home directory to/u01/app/oracle

ID Oracleuid=501(Oracle) gid=501Groups=501501  Oraclesu - Oracle-bash-4.1pwd/u01/app/oracle

--Modification success

Source: http://blog.csdn.net/xujinyang/article/details/8894001

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Linux Modify User home directory (reprint)