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I have previously installed Ubuntu /home in HDD, but in new installation there is a new home directory. How to change it to the previous /home directory. in HDD? Could I replace new home with my old home, or do I need to reinstall Ubuntu 22.04?

Previously installed /home directory:

previously installed /home directory

Newly installed /home directory:

newly installed /home directory

karel
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hiimwillow
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  • @graham kind of yes. you can undertand what im asking in the question. i updated with screenshots – hiimwillow Dec 10 '23 at 06:46
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    You don't need to re-install; you can just adjust the system's file-system table (/etc/fstab) to match what you actually want. If you create something that causes another to shadow an existing directory; the system will do that automatically (meaning some data may not be seen; but you can always umount to remove, access it when required). FYI: Screenshots of text are hard to read; so just add to your fstab whatever arrangement you want. – guiverc Dec 10 '23 at 07:03

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A user's HOME directory is specified in /etc/passwd and can be changed there.

Read man 5 passwd;man sudoedit

Once you've changed it, logoff and login to make ot take effect.

waltinator
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