Question About two home directory

[iLinux85]

Hello

i add new hard disk drive and mounted as /home2 and i add in Basic cPanel/WHM Setup under Home Directory Prefix , now i have accounts already in default home directory which is /home

the question is : how could i move the accounts already in /home to /home2

thanks

[twhiting9275]

You wouldn't.
Moving accounts from /home/ to /home2/ is far more complicated than just moving the account's directory. You've got logins to worry about, apache to worry about, ftp, mail, cPanel, it's a big old mess. Right now, there's no "automated" way to do this, though you might be able to terminate and restore from backups IF you have the /home2/ partition setup as the primary one. I did say might, because I'm not sure that would work either.

[LiquidWebBenny]

Hello

i add new hard disk drive and mounted as /home2 and i add in Basic cPanel/WHM Setup under Home Directory Prefix , now i have accounts already in default home directory which is /home

the question is : how could i move the accounts already in /home to /home2

thanks

The quick and dirty way to do it is to copy all of the contents of the /home/$user directory to /home2/$user, and then symlink them. You will want to make sure, if there is content being written to those folders, that you stop Apache after your initial copy, and re-sync the data.

Here's a list of commands. Make sure to replace the appropriate information, delineated by a '$'

mkdir /home2/$user
chown $user:$user /home2/$user
rsync -avHl /home/$user/ /home2/$user/
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/init.d/cpanel stop
rsync -avHl /home/$user/ /home2/$user/
mv /home/$user /home/$user.bak
ln -s /home2/$user /home/$user
/etc/init.d/httpd start
/etc/init.d/cpanel start

That should get some space cleared up for you. If you work with a managed provider, they should be willing to help you out with getting those accounts moved.

Good luck!