Subject: Re: /etc/mtab - non-executable directory - problems
From: Ken Schweigert (ken@byte-productions.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 10:28:12 MST
David,
Can you post the contents of your /etc/fstab file?
You should be able to add an entry for /home to point to your hdbX partition
and reboot.
-ken schweigert
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 11:20:36PM -0500, david wright wrote:
> you wrote:
>
> "Do a 'man mount' and skip down to the options section and look at what
> 'defaults' provides. If that sounds like it'll work for you, edit /etc/fstab
> and replace "rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev" with "defaults".,,"
>
> -Ken Schweigert
>
> Ken, thanks, that was excellent. Unfortunetly, i am having additional
> problems with this 'moving /home' process. I created the new mnt/ point and
> directory etc, i moved '/home' there (of course i kept a backup on / but
> changed the name to /home_orig) well, when i rebooted and tried to log in as
> my normal usr, the kernel couldn't find my info in $HOME (because it didn't
> exist) so i couldn't log in as usr only 'root'. I probably should have
> forseen this, i guess i have to tell the kernel where to find $HOME but i
> can't find where '/etc/profiles'? (i know it has to be before /home/.bash*
> etc, but where?) I know i could set it while i'm in 'set HOME=/mnt/home
> export HOME' or something like that but it's not permanent. What did i miss?
> (that was a moment i didn't need to have,...) ouch,.. thanks : - )
>
-- -Ken Schweigert, Aspiring Network Administrator Byte Productions, LLC http://www.byte-productions.com
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