[CUBE] move OS X user home folder?

J.C. Webber III jcw at kingoblio.com
Sun Mar 9 17:43:33 PST 2003


I did it with a unix symlink:

cd /
mv Users Users.orig
ln -s /Volumes/Users Users
and I named that disk Users.

-- jcw
Alan Thompson wrote:
> in other unixes, this can be accomplished in /etc/fstab - essentially, 
> you would be telling the os that you're mounting /home, or in our case 
> /Users on a different volume/disk.  in os x, i have not tried this.  
> you try searching usenet yet?
> 
> --alan
> 
> On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 09:38 PM, Sergei Zak wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way I could redefine where I want my home folder in OS X?
> > I have an empty home on second volume from new installation, and a 
> > leftover orphaned home folder filled with goodies on the first volume, 
> > from a removed installation. I don't have space on the second volume 
> > to move the goodies.
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J.C. Webber III       
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