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A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system.

As defined by Wikipedia: "A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system." Although specifics may vary from system to system, a general convention is that executable programs and system wide configurations are stored in shared directories while users' home directories are reserved for their personal information, be it password files, documents or even source code they're developing.

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Redirect one directory to another path in Linux

For one user(say User1) , it has default home directory as /home/User1 . When we give command just cd , it goes to this home directory. But we have another directory called /proj/User1 , which should be the expected directory it should go with just…
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Partial change of home directory in Active Directory

We are migrating data from one filer to another and we have home directories setup for a bunch of users under their Active Directory profile. Some users have \\\x.x.x.x\sharename\etc, some have \\\hostname\sharename\etc and some have…
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Can't change Cygwin Home Directory from /SPB_Data

I recently installed Cygwin. Its default home directory is /cygdrive/c/Users//AppData/Roaming/SPB_Data [Editor's note: this also applies when the directory is /cygdrive/c/SPB_Data.] I have tried changing the db_home setting in…
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How can i symlink home directory in linux

I have my home directory in /home/tom. In another partition I have a folder called /data/tomhome. Basically, I copy all of my data from /data/tomhome to /home/tom But whenever I update files in /data/tomhome, I still have to copy them to the other…
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Can't access file in home directory from PHP on a EC2 server

I am wondering why this returns an empty string: $settings = file_get_contents('/home/ec2-user/settings.json'); but this works: $settings = file_get_contents('/var/www/settings.json'); I can't seem to be able to access my json file from the home…
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Can home directory be duplicated in linux?

In my CentOS, root's home directory is '/' and apache's home directory is '/var/www'. But I want those users to use same home directory (wherever it would be). Is it okay to use same home directory by several users? If so, sometimes, when some file…
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Linux VSFTPD : Jail a "Specific User" to its home?

I'm using both Redhat and CentOS. When i do followings: # vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf chroot_local_user=YES # service vsftpd restart Then All Users are jailed in their homes. What i really wanna know is: HOW TO JAIL A SPECIFIC USER ONLY?
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install mysql in home directory

I need to install mysql in home folder, I am using Ubuntu 12.10. I am trying to install it from binary. I gone through some related posts, but I didn't find any useful post to set the mysql in home folder. How can I do it?
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how to fix my index page

I'm new to php programming and I tried writing the index page for the admin login however it won't work can anybody tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?
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