Questions tagged [home-folder]
The folder used to contain user home folders. Usually `/home` on Linux and UNIX, `/Users` on Mac OSX, and `C:\Users` or `C:\Documents and Settings` on Windows (Vista +, XP -).
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Any dangers of sharing /home partition between two distros?
I have a laptop with a 250GB HDD. I have an existing installation of Kubuntu across three partitions (A 20GB one for /, 2GB for swap, and something like 97GB for /home). If I add another partition, ...
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How do you create a user with read and write access to another user's home directory
I am new to Linux and need some help how I can create a user with some special rights.
I have read a few articles and "how Linux permissions work" but have not yet understood how it works in practice....
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What does the little squiggly ~ do in Linux?
I have two instances of it being used and I am wondering what each does:
service=~
mv ~/Desktop/Service$version.tgz $service
What does the little squiggly ~ do?
Then, after that that, what would cd ...
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/home used on Mac OS X?
Is /home used for anything on Mac OS X ever? It's just an empty directory on my machine.
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Created User in Linux (Ubuntu) Without Creating a Home Directory - Causing Problems
This may be a rookie mistake, but I created a user (new user) in Linux on a Ubuntu system and didn't actually create the home directory for this user. Now, when I log in, it says there are problems......
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How to track $HOME with git
I would like to track my $HOME dir with git. I've got many other git repos in other subdirs (eg $HOME/projects/repo_1 and so on), which shouldn't be tracked, since they already are.
I have found git-...
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Creating Shortcut that opens program at a specific desktop location
Is there a way to create a desktop shortcut that opens a program at a specific location on the desktop? (assuming the program is either less than full screen or there are multiple monitors)
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How to synchronize the home folder between multiple computers?
I have three computers at home, and would like to have the /home/ folder tree synchronized between the three.
Any files/folders (except those hidden) that are modified/added/removed in one of the ...