How To Create A User With A Custom Home Directory In Linux
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Intro
In this tutorial, we’re going to see how to change the default home directory of a user on Linux. By default, it is /home/username.
We’ll show how to change it for a new user, as well as move the existing content to a new location.
Command
sudo useradd user -m -d /users/directory