How does one change user's home directory in Ubuntu 9.04?

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Running

sudo usermod  -d new_home_dir  username

will change your home directory to new_home_dir and will also update the system file that stores the location of your home directory (/etc/passwd).

If you also want to move all files from your current home directory, use:

sudo usermod  -d new_home_dir  -m  username

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I have not tried this, but I think you can change it in /etc/passwd.

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usermod -d new_home_dir  username

You may meet error like "usermod: user is currently used by process xxx", try this:

sudo su
nohup kill xxx; sleep 2; usermod -d new_home_dir  username &

Then reconnect via ssh.