Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To:	Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:41:49
Message-Id:	`CAC=wYCEewScOqFPdSndio7_TZ0Gore=2kZ9CqSNANDf40ek68w@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] resizing and moving home directory to new partition on same drive by thelma@sys-concept.com

1	>
2	> When I try to use
3	> usermod -d /mnt/home/thelma -m thelma
4	> I get:
5	> usermod: user thelma is currently used by process 3037
6	>
7
8	Is 3037 an instance of bash running as thelma?
9
10	If so, try logging out that user then run the usermod command as root (not
11	thelma su'd to root)