hemstree@jobs.mso.colostate.edu (Charles H. Hemstreet IV) (10/31/90)
When I create a new user on my NeXT, the user's directory falls on the root level. Can I make it so that it is created as a subdirectory of another. i.e. current: /hemstree/ would like: /student/hemstree/ Thanks for any information. Please email to my "handel" account. Charles -- !===========================================================================! ! Charles H. Hemstreet IV !internet: hemstree@handel.cs.Colostate.Edu ! ! Colorado State University ! "am I suppose to say something funny??" ! !===========================================================================!
hemstree@jobs.mso.colostate.edu (Charles H. Hemstreet IV) (11/06/90)
Thanks everyone for your help. Christopher Penrose came up with the best solution. Also, special thanks to Eric Larson at NeXT support. "Christopher Penrose writes:" ----------------------------- You can start by launching a terminal, and using "su" to gain superuser priveleges: % su then use "mkdir" and "mv" to create the new directory: % mkdir /student % mv /bach /student % mv /godot /student % mv /tammy_fae /student etc... then you can use the user manager to change the directory names. remember to select the long option in the view submenu. you can also do this from your terminal session: % cd /private/etc % nidump passwd . > passwd % vi passwd add the new directory name to the home directory field of each user whose home directory changed. % niload passwd . < passwd This should work. The niload and nidump commands are simply used to access and update the netinfo database. Christopher --original article-- When I create a new user on my NeXT, the user's directory falls on the root level. Can I make it so that it is created as a subdirectory of another. i.e. current: /hemstree/ would like: /student/hemstree/ Thanks for any information. Please email to my "handel" account. Charles -- !===========================================================================! ! Charles H. Hemstreet IV !internet: hemstree@handel.cs.Colostate.Edu ! ! Colorado State University ! "am I suppose to say something funny??" ! !===========================================================================! -- !===========================================================================! ! Charles H. Hemstreet IV !internet: hemstree@jobs.mso.Colostate.Edu ! ! Colorado State University ! "Where the mountains are BIG!" ! !===========================================================================!