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In ubuntu server when i ls a newly created user i cannot find directories such as desktop, documents, downloads etc.

wwole
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  • I guess they will be created automatically once the new user logs in to GNOME session. – raj Jan 04 '21 at 21:56
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    On a SERVER you should stay away from /home/$USER/ and create a dedicated partition to store user data. Preferably on a different disk: easy backup, restore and maintenance. You do not want users to mess up their home: they are 1 control-h away from deleting files they should not delete :) – Rinzwind Jan 04 '21 at 22:18
  • In particular: https://askubuntu.com/a/713708/158442 – muru Jan 05 '21 at 01:41

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Directories like Desktop, Documents, Music, etc. are a desktop (not server) convention.

Those directories are automatically created on an Ubuntu Desktop system, but not on an Ubuntu Server system.

If you want those directories on a server, you can easily make them yourself. There's nothing special about them:

mkdir ~/Documents ~/Downloads ~/Music ~/Pictures ~/Videos

Warning: Desktop Trash won't work outside of a Desktop Environment.

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