The /home directory or partition contains user-specific configuration files, caches, application data and media files.
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Invalid cross-device link while Hardlinking in the same file system
I have /home/myuser/Desktop/rc/.netrc file that i want hardlink to /root, ie home directory of root user.
When i do:
ln /home/user/Destkop/rc/.netrc /root
it gives the following error:
ln: ...
7
votes
1answer
249 views
Stacked filesystems with write-back
I need to setup a system where a laptop and a desktop computers coexist.
The idea is, I bring the laptop into the network and the laptop syncs the /home directory( with some exceptions) with the ...
2
votes
1answer
103 views
Modifying $HOME variable on a session startup script: Gnome ignores it?
I'm modifying the $HOME variable on a /etc/profile.d script. This seems to be OK for console sessions.
There are some caveats on graphical sessions, though: Gnome won't load my desktop ...
2
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2answers
45 views
Linux multi-user system: Each user's home partition on its own Hard Drive
I've got a pogoplug running Arch Linux that I'm using for a NAS with rsync backing up my data over SSH. Right now, I'm the only one using it, but I'd like to add my roommate as well. She has her own ...
11
votes
4answers
893 views
Are there pitfalls to putting $HOME in git instead of symlinking dotfiles?
I have for many years had my entire $HOME directory checked into subversion. This has included all my dotfiles and application profiles, many scripts, tools and hacks, my preferred basic home ...
1
vote
4answers
72 views
What type of permissions should a user's home directory and files have?
I'm working with a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 and I've just added a new user:
useradd -m testuser
I thought that the -m flag to create a home directory for users was pretty standard, but now ...
0
votes
0answers
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Thunar trash can works on one fs but not another
Thunar won't delete files from $HOME (see Can't find or create trash while deleting files) but will do so from other file systems on the same machine?
ron@haggis:~$ dir .local/share/Trash
total ...
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2answers
102 views
Installing a package locally to a user - best practices?
I want to install Git locally to a user on a RHEL server (I don't have root access)
What would be your cleanest/ most organized way of installing software to a local user account?
Installing ...
3
votes
3answers
74 views
Convert old /home from ext3 to ext4
I have an old /home partition, that dates back to former linux systems, and it is still in ext3 format. Whereas the rest of my system, / and some other mounted point are devices formated in ext4.
I ...
2
votes
1answer
102 views
Where should user configuration files go? [duplicate]
If I look at my home directory there are a large number of dot files. If I am creating a new program that needs a user configuration file, is there any guidance where to put it? I could imagine ...
2
votes
1answer
397 views
Dual-booting Windows 7 and Mint 14 with “something else” option
I would like to do a dual boot of Windows 7 and Mint 14 on my Acer netbook which already has Windows 7 Pro 64-bit installed on an 1 TB hard drive.
I have already shrunk the Windows 7 partition to ...
2
votes
1answer
251 views
Users home path in a bash script
I'm writing a bash-script that will be run as a cron job everyday. Very basic, I was wanting to change the wallpaper daily. I have mint-14 with mate.
The thing I'm getting caught up on right now ...
0
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0answers
153 views
Multiple Linux or Unix Distributions, Same Home Partition or Data?
To avoid conflicts I have always installed multiple Linux and Unix distributions each with it's own home partion or directory, and in the era of 3TB hard drives this is often very practical; I also do ...
1
vote
2answers
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have /home/user/Downloads (and other user folders) on a different partition
I recently got an SSD. I use it to store my / as well as my /home directories (on different partitions).
For each user, I would like to have most of their folders on my big RAID-1 with 2 hard drives ...
2
votes
0answers
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/home is Read Only after coming out of screensaver (intermittent)
I am using Linux Mint 13 (Maya) and I have my "/home" partition formatted as ext4 and mounted at "dev/sdc1".
Occasionally I have a strange problem coming up that looks a lot like this bug that I ...
1
vote
2answers
75 views
How to umount permanently /home
To install Linux Mint, I used two partitions: /dev/sda4 for / and /dev/sda5 the other contains /home. However, the contents of /media/elvis/Home/elvis and /home/elvis are not the same. So, I don't ...
0
votes
2answers
82 views
Should I clean up the home directory prior installing a new distribution?
I'm used to keep all my files in my /home directory after whiping out my root / device and reinstalling distributions.
This is pretty handy as all private files and personal settings are kept after ...
0
votes
1answer
73 views
Single-user binary installation location?
I'd like to install a binary for only my user, because I don't have root, and therefore don't have access to /usr/bin. I've tried ~/bin, and it can't find the binary. I'm on Mac OS 10.6.7. Is there ...
303
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2answers
73k views
Design question: Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory?
I have often wondered why the ~ represents the home directory of a user. Is there a reason behind this? Or is it just some infrequently used character?
2
votes
1answer
109 views
Dealing with Endless Config files in Home Folder
I'm beginning to have a lot of .[program name]rc files in my home folder.
I wish i could create a folder to keep them all in, and then get every program to to look there. Is there an easy way to do ...
4
votes
2answers
277 views
conceal home folder completely - is ecryptfs the right choice?
On my Debian-Testing-System, I want to completely conceal the home folders. That means, I not only want the data to be encrypted, but I also want to preclude determining any (or most) information from ...
2
votes
1answer
127 views
How to copy settings from one machine to another?
I would like to copy my "settings" from my desktop to my laptop. I am running KDE on Arch. I am not sure what to do with ~/.config, ~/.local, and ~/.kde4 since they have subdirectories with names that ...
1
vote
2answers
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Problem accessing /home from different partition
I'm currently using Chakra on /sda1 and Fuduntu on /sda2 (a partition I keep for trying out and playing around with distros), and both systems use /sda3 for each different /home partition (I'll call ...
0
votes
2answers
171 views
Home directory vs Working directory
In unix like systems what is the difference between a home directory and working directory ?
1
vote
4answers
833 views
/home partition
I am facing the following doubt.
I installed Arch time ago with a home separate partition.
My issue is that I need to reinstall the system and I don't have a backup of my /home.
Would a new ...
3
votes
1answer
700 views
SSH not landing in the home directory
I have recently installed Raspbian into a Raspberry Pi. As part of the installation process I changed the user name and group from the default (pi) to my own (let's call it user) using usermod and ...
12
votes
6answers
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Is it a bad idea to use an SD card for home directory?
I'm planning to make an SD card (or a flash drive) my home directory so as to be able to work on different PCs without much hassle.
Is this a bad idea for some reason?
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vote
1answer
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help installing checkinstall locally
I'm trying to install checkinstall locally in my home directory. Though, in the INSTALL file is only described how to do a system wide installation:
Simple enough:
make
su
make install
checkinstall
...
1
vote
1answer
132 views
Copying a directory to multiple users home dir and changing user/group ownership
On my Ubuntu server there are about 150 shell accounts. All usernames begin with the prefix u12.. I have root access and I am trying to copy a directory named "somefiles" to all the home directories. ...
6
votes
5answers
963 views
force copying a corrupted home directory
I have a home directory in a disk that has a lot of corrupted files. I am trying to save most files as possible. I am trying to create a backup of my home directory on an external drive using
tar ...
0
votes
1answer
610 views
Home folder structure in Ubuntu 12.04.1?
Long story short, i just accidentally deleted my entire home folder. Thankfully it seems like the hidden files are still there.
I'm not sure, but aren't all of the folders within the home folder ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to add home directory path to be discovered by Unix which command?
I have installed node.js at custom location and added the location to the $PATH in .profile file.
Hoons-MacBook-Air:npm Eonil$ node --version
v0.6.2
Hoons-MacBook-Air:npm Eonil$ which node
...
3
votes
3answers
382 views
Linux and Windows compatible home drive
I want to have a singular home drive for both my Win7 and Arch partitions, so I initially set the partition to NTFS, as so:
5gb /
20gb C:
475gb /home + D:
which worked up until I started ...
2
votes
2answers
568 views
How to clean a home directory to install from scratch a previously installed distro?
I am using linuxmint-10-KDE.
I have several partitions that I will reuse. One of them is /home.
This /home/nomikos has a lot of gnome related files that I want to delete before install the new ...
1
vote
2answers
189 views
Filesystem organization for software in HOME
When installing software in $HOME, how do the linux filesystem hierarchy directories map to subdirectories of $HOME?
I am asking this question so that I can write a build system that picks reasonable ...
4
votes
1answer
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configuration ethics (esthetics): /etc vs $HOME
Ok this may not be a very concrete question, and is perhaps subject to taste, yet I'm struggling to get this right so here it goes.
I have a computer.
This computer has linux on it (thank god). Arch ...
11
votes
2answers
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Why do some applications use ~/.config/appname for their config data while others use ~/.appname?
I've noticed that some applications put their configuration files to ~/.config/appname while others use ~/.appname (the classic way, AFAIK) for this. What's the sense in this distinction and what ...
2
votes
1answer
239 views
Setting up a user for sftp acces into a sub directory of another users home directory
An interesting problem.
The broader goal is to setup a directory that one of our clients can sftp into (via ssh keys, not user/pass combination) and upload files. This directory will need to be ...
1
vote
2answers
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Bash prompt when my home directory is a symbolic link
I symlinked my /host/Users/Kevin folder to /home/Kevin. I also edit the /etc/passwd file to /home/Kevin. I logged out and logged back in, however when I open up a terminal it's a bash prompt like so:
...
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0answers
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How are you organizing your $HOME? [closed]
I've always wanted to know more about how people (power users and lambda users) were organizing there $HOME. The trend is currently is using xdg-users-dirs which define a set of most used folders like ...
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3answers
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~ is $HOME, but sometimes?
This is kind of a trivial and dumb question.
cd ~
does the same thing as
cd $HOME
which is also the same as
cd /home/tandu
However,
cd ~not-tandu
changes to /home/not-tandu
Is this ...
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vote
3answers
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Can I use FAT partition for /home?
I'm new to Debian. I've been using Ubuntu for almost 5 years now and I want to switch and use a different distro. I chose Debian.
I would like to know if is it possible store the home directory in a ...
0
votes
0answers
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How to limit the disk space for any user? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Managing disk space on servers
I want to limit disk space for any specific user. Actually I need to do this for every user. I am building a Scientific Linux server and I ...
2
votes
1answer
132 views
What exactly is a “home directory”?
When your University sends everyone an e-mail saying
"We're sorry! One or more of our disks have failed; thus we've lost 'x' number of home directories on our servers."
Is it basically just the root ...
1
vote
1answer
104 views
How to “set” this home network mesh up
I don't know much about networking security other than keeping unused ports closed is good. This is what I'm trying to accomplish:
I need to be able to keep my server (the dotted line) with limited ...
2
votes
2answers
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Disabling (or removing) X from CrunchBang home server
I've just installed crunchbang linux (based on Debian) on some really old hardware (we're talking single cores and DDR memory here) for a simple home server.
However, seeing as the hardware sucks ...
3
votes
1answer
199 views
advantages and disadvantages of manually un/mounting drives.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of manually un/mounting internal drives?
I've never really bothered un-mounting internal HDDs after mounting them the first time around but would like to know ...
2
votes
4answers
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Problem changing the /home directory to another location
I decided to move my /home directory to a separate parition. But, since I am using more than one linux distro, I want to separate the /home directories as follows:
/dev/sdax/ubuntu
/dev/sdax/debian
...
5
votes
2answers
365 views
Isn't $HOME supposed to be the location of the user's home directory?
I'm having trouble with a web application I'm writing: The web application, which runs as user nobody, needs to launch an inkscape process to manipulate some SVG files. Because this runs as user ...
2
votes
3answers
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Building a home file server using Arch Linux
I want to create a home file server using my old desktop. I plan on using Arch Linux for this as I'm familiar with it. The desktop has 2 hard drives - the old 20gb one & a new 1TB hdd. I plan on ...
