how to create link to map users to another logical volume

[GSB_3]

Hi ,

I have the following three users in /home/people directory in hp-ux server.

pasco, saanam, khoso

I want to create a link file for all the three users under /home/people/ pointing to /others/ which is mounted on another logical partition.

please help

thanks
GSB

[Dennis Handly]

Do you have home directories for the 3 users under /home/people/? I.e. /home/people/pasco?

If so, you could just move the existing directories to /others/, then add a symlink for each:
$ ln -s /others/pasco /home/people

[Khashru]

use the ln -s command

ln â s /source_filename /link_filename

[GSB_3]

Hi Dennis ,

Thanks for the reply.

I have done it but when i am doing "su - pasco" and checking "pwd" it is showing me /home/people/pasco only. I want to change it to /others/pasco which is mounted in another logical partition.

Please help


Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

>checking "pwd" it is showing me /home/people/pasco only. I want to change it to /others/pasco which is mounted in another logical partition.

As I said, you have to move the existing files to /others/pasco, then create the symlink.

You of course can change the passwd entry to point to the new home directory location.

[Rasheed Tamton]

Hi,

Do as Dennis suggested. If you have created the link, modify the /etc/passwd file to point to the /others/pasco for the user pasco. Repeat the same for others.

For example,
#grep pasco /etc/passwd
pasco:*:108:20::/home/people/pasco:/sbin/sh
to
#grep pasco /etc/passwd
pasco:*:108:20::/others/pasco:/sbin/sh

Regards,
Rasheed Tamton.

[GSB_3]

Thanks a lot dennis, It worked.