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User profile for user: Pat Gilmour
Pat Gilmour Author
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Root level 'home' folder

Hi,

When I cd in Terminal to the root level of my start-up disk, I see there is a folder called 'home' that is invisible in the normal run of things.

It would be really useful to me if I could create a folder with a MySQL connection script in there as I could then exactly mirror the set-up on my remote host.

But I'm no UNIX guru and I'm scared of tampering in these invisible folders so can anyone advise if it is okay to create folders in there?

Thanks,

Pat

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 7, 2009 1:59 PM

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User profile for user: etresoft
etresoft
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Posted on Jul 7, 2009 5:27 PM

The /home path is auto_mounted but not used for anything. Edit the file /etc/auto_master and comment out the /home path. Reboot and you can use /home as you wish. I have my system setup exactly as you describe. I use MacFUSE to mount /home just like it is on the remote machine. I can then use Xcode to edit my files.
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etresoft
User level: Level 9
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Jul 7, 2009 5:27 PM in response to Pat Gilmour

The /home path is auto_mounted but not used for anything. Edit the file /etc/auto_master and comment out the /home path. Reboot and you can use /home as you wish. I have my system setup exactly as you describe. I use MacFUSE to mount /home just like it is on the remote machine. I can then use Xcode to edit my files.
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