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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 10:01:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: sferriol <sylvain DOT ferriol AT imag DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: howto change home path in /etc/passwd
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On Mon, 12 May 2003, sferriol wrote:

> hello
> is there a command to change the home directory of a user in /etc/passwd
> because ssh sees this file before $HOME and i have always a error.

Use an editor to edit /etc/passwd (as has been suggested).  Mind the line
endings (I think).

> Do you known that ssh says and do nothing if your directory on the
> server is rwxrwxrwx
> I used a complete day to know why ssh always asked me to enter the
> password while i had generated keys and put the public on server
>
> sylvain

man ssh
/debug

HTH for next time,
	Igor
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