/Shell/Bash/Add a home directory for existing user

Add a home directory for existing user

first edit the /etc/passwd file with root account 
#chnaging part : find your user username and add /home before it then do the following steps

#replace hamsof with user username
sudo -i                            #to get root privileges
mkdir /home/hamsof                #to create the directory /home/hamsof
cp -rT /etc/skel /home/hamsof         #to populate /home/linda with default files and folders
chown -R hamsof:hamsof /home/  #to change the owner of /home/linda to user linda

Source: askubuntu.com

Similar codes

0 vote262 views1 answer
Get only file names from CMD
Shell/Bash
0 vote327 views1 answer
Locale setting linux
Shell/Bash
0 vote288 views1 answer
Keytool check for keys in keystore
Shell/Bash
0 vote262 views1 answer
Container registry permissions gcp
Shell/Bash
1 vote254 views1 answer
WSL connect docker daemon to docker for windows
Shell/Bash
21 votes269 views7 answers
Pyinstaller
Shell/Bash
1 vote271 views1 answer
Bash: gunicorn: command not found
Shell/Bash
0 vote257 views1 answer
Install powershell 7
Shell/Bash
1 vote264 views1 answer
Failed to restart apache2.service: Unit not found.
Shell/Bash
10 votes259 views2 answers
Find directory ubuntu
Shell/Bash