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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Why is there a .matplotlib folder in my home folder of Windows 8.1?
I even do not install python. And after I delete it, it will appear after a while. So I think it was created by some other applications. Does any one has met the same problem and know why?
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How to fix my home folder
They say that I should have ~/.inputrc However, I do not. My home is mapped to Windows user folder. How do I fix that?
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How to get to Ubuntu's home directory in Windows?
How can I get to Ubuntu's home directory in Windows?
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Shared home folders between operating systems
After my hard drive calved yet again in my MacBook Pro, I decided to re-do my dual booting. My goal is to triple boot, with OSX 10.6.8 (installed), Windows 7 Home Premium and a flavour of Linux (...
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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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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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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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