HowTo Move A User?

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Thu Feb 5 21:27:13 UTC 2009


Gene Poole wrote:
> 
> I've got a user on machine 1 that has a ID of biguser22.  That same user
> on machine 4, that I need to move him to, has a ID of biguser.  How do I
> move this users home directory so he doesn't loose any mail or other data?
>  
> TIA,
> Gene Poole
> 
Take a look at the usermod command and see if that will do what you
are after. (Especially the -m option.)

Mikkel
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