Changing the default home directory
Change Default User Home Directory While Adding A New User
By default, when we create or add users to Linux System, user’s default home directory is created to /home. To change default directory to /opt/, we need to change few settings as mentioned below:
As the root user open /etc/default/useradd using your favorite editor.
[root@workbox dwmoar]# nano /etc/default/useradd
The default home directory defined by HOME variable, find line that read as follows: HOME=/home
useradd defaults file
GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SKEL=/etc/skel
and change it to read HOME=/opt Save and close the file.
Now you can add a user, using the useradd command in a console window as the root user:
- useradd username
- passwd -d userpassword
Verify user information: NOTE: You will have to install the finger program through the package manager.
- finger username
Output: Login: username Name: username userpassword
Directory: /opt/username Shell: /bin/bash
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