Subj : Re: How to set start directory to /home/user rather than /home/user/Des
To   : cl@isbd.net
From : Jean-Pierre Kuypers
Date : Sat Oct 26 2024 15:09:25

In article (Dans l'article) <ib6tuk-a6i1.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu>, Chris Green
<cl@isbd.net> wrote (écrivait) :

> However, when I start a terminal it starts in ~/.desktop, I want it to
> start in ~.  Does anyone know where that gets set?

The HOME directory is in /etc/passwd.
Example:

user:x:1000:1000:User:/home/user:/bin/bash.

- man usermod:
The usermod command modifies the system account files.

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Jean-Pierre Kuypers

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