If i enable home dir for users in OMV in a share folder now, how can i do it properly in order to not create trouble? In this case the home dir already exists as said above and already contains files for an existing user.
I don't understand what you are trying to do. Are you asking how to make the user use the new home directory location if a user already has a home directory created and you enable home directories in the OMV web interface?
I don't understand what you are trying to do. Are you asking how to make the user use the new home directory location if a user already has a home directory created and you enable home directories in the OMV web interface?
Hi,
i actually have home dir for my user, created on the sd card with the mkhomedir_helper command.
If want to stop using that and instead create a home dir for my user "the OMV way" so creating a share folder for that, what is the correct procedure apart from selecting the share folder etc? The data actually in my home dir will be migrated automatically? i'll need to edit some file to point to the new home dir? Hope it's more clear now.
what is the correct procedure apart from selecting the share folder etc?
Once you enable home directories in OMV, creating a new user will automatically create the home directory.
The data actually in my home dir will be migrated automatically?
No. Enabling home directories in OMV will not migrate existing users.
i'll need to edit some file to point to the new home dir?
If you want to change a user's home directory, you can use usermod
usermod -d /path/to/new/home USERNAME
if you want that command to move the files in the old home directory just add the -m flag.
The data actually in my home dir will be migrated automatically?
No because this is not trivial and might cause troubles. The more safe solution is to force the users to do the migration manually.
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