I recently reinstalled Ubuntu. Since I had a separate partition for /home
, I was able to keep my old files.
Now I need to add another user, let's say named "bob." The /home/bob
directory already exists. How do I create the new user bob
who has that as his home directory?
Will I be able to simply create the new user via the settings GUI or are there any pitfalls regarding file permissions, hidden configuration files, etc?
If it's pertinent, I upgraded Ubuntu 14.04.3 to 16.04. Also, my own account, which I created during the new installation, worked fine with the old home directory.
Best Answer
I solved it by the following:
Since the new user does not automatically own the old home directory, they are initially unable to login. So I had to use the second line.
Finally, there are still some glitches in the new account. I assume I will have to clear all of the cache and config files from the old home directory (
~/.config
,~/.cache
, and~/.local/share
it seems).