More specifically, I want to have the user folder for my home account another disk that has more space, but keep my other smaller accounts on my ssd. I was able to copy my user folder to another disk, but now I need to link it to the home folder on my ssd, I want it accessible from a normal boot, and please don't tell me that what I did was not the best thing, I just want an answer. How do I get it to create a link that goes from /home/username to /extra-home/username and is recognised by the system when loading the user folders?
Ubuntu – how can I symlink the home folder from another drive
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Best Answer
Remember that your permissions will need to be the same. In addition to symlink, on more recent distros and filesystems, as root you can also use bind-mount:
This is useful for allowing access "through" the
/homedirectory to subdirs via daemons that are otherwise configured to avoid pathing through symlinks (apache, ftpd, etc.).You have to remember (or init script) to bind upon restarts, of course.