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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:14:52 +0100
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu>
Subject:   Re: mozilla cache partition mishap ?
Message-ID:  <200801300214.53679.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801291413080.11317@libra.sfsu.edu>
References:  <86068e730801251451n650b7abcyf3d008fddec2c33f@mail.gmail.com> <200801292303.37694.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0801291413080.11317@libra.sfsu.edu>

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On Tuesday 29 January 2008 23:14:43 KAYVEN RIESE wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Mel wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 January 2008 17:11:00 KAYVEN RIESE wrote:
> >> there are a whole bunch of things in /root .files, er.. .directories
> >> is it possible for me to switch these to /usr so i don't over flow?
> >
> > You could set HOME to /home/root in .profile?
> >
> > Best solution still is: do the useradd and create a normal user for your
> > work. It takes less time then you took to write this email, so the lazy
> > part is already invalidated.
>
> does it not matter that i have already created /home/root ?  and
> note.. /home goes on / with a tiny amount of disk space.  how
> to i make sure it goes to /usr/home ? i thought it was going to
> go automatically or something but it hasn't

Move everything from /home/* into /usr/home/ and symlink. Resolving duplicate 
filenames by hand:
mv -i /home/* /usr/home/
rmdir /home
ln -s /usr/home /home

-- 
Mel



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