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go for it
I see no problem in moving /Users onto another disk. Unix doesn't care where you keep it.
went for it, thanks!
What a process, but I finally got it to work.
When I first attempted to back up the "Users" directory, I realized that I had to preform this operation logged in as root. I then also realized that I could not login as root. A message from the MacAddict forums (posted by iLuvMiMac) cleared up how to enable the root account. Here it is just in case: Use the NetInfo Manager to do so, under domain, security, authenticate, then domain, security, enable root user.Then I followed rob's directions for backing up the Users directory, making the new Users directory, creating a symbolic link and moving the contents of the backed up Users into the new Users directory. One thing to note though for other Unix newbies wanting to try this. The directory path will look more like this: /Volumes/drivename/UsersTwo other details... I am using OS X Retail and I did not need to change/set the permissions on the folder.
Symlink Trick not 100%
I tried this and encountered problems where, upon login to the account that was moved, some items were not available. I expected the symlink to work but choose a different solution:
Symlink Trick not 100%
aalegado,
Symlink Trick not 100%
What you're describing sounds like what happened to me when I used the symlink trick but it sounds like you have a permissions problem. When the apps launch they "know" who the current user is (whoever's logged in) and that where the app goes to find it's preferences. Specifically, they look in the Library folder of the logged-in user. If the preferences files have the wrong ownership or access rights, the app will fail to read it references. Since the app can't overwrite a file the logged-in user doesn't own, it'll most likely fail. That sounds like what's happening to you.
Symlink Trick not 100%
aalegado,
Breaks Apache?
I have tried this to move on a user account which was a /~ type of web site, moving the users directory with NetInfo caused apache to break, would only give 404 errors. Put Netinfo back the way it was, works fine. Perms correct and everything.
Breaks Apache?
Apache doesn't break, it just doesn't know where to find the new Sites folder. |
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