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usermod(4)							    usermod(4)

NAME
       usermod: /etc/default/usermod - list of home directory names

DESCRIPTION
       is an ASCII file that contains a list of home directory names.

       The  command  checks  this  configuration file before changing a user's
       home directory.	If the user's old home	directory  is  listed  in  the
       user's  directories/files  will	be prevented from moving to a new home
       directory.

       Each line in the file is of the form:

	      directory_name

       consisting of entries similar to:

       Only system administrators can modify this configuration	 file  to  add
       directory entries.

       Each  home  directory  is listed in the file by its absolute path name.
       Directory names exceeding characters will be silently ignored by

       The behavior of the command is undefined if:

	      ·	 There are leading and trailing spaces in the line.

	      ·	 There are empty lines in the configuration file.

	      ·	 Symbolic links are specified instead of actual directories.

	      ·	 Relative paths are specified instead of actual directories.

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       usermod(1M), limits(5).

								    usermod(4)

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