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SUN Home Directories To Change

In the past, the ECN has created users home directories in directories named:

                       /home//
                      /home/2/
                      /home/3/
                                  etc.

There are several problems with this scheme, the most notable being that trying to "browse" through /home with a program such as filemgr, ghostview, or even ls can cause a machine to become unusable for several minutes as it goes around accessing the home directories on EVERY UNIX file server on the network! In order to alleviate these problems we are moving to a new naming scheme which is currently being used on newly installed file servers.

Under the new scheme home directories will be in directories named:

                      /home//a/
                      /home//b/
                      /home//c/
                               etc.

and in the case of privately owned disks being used for a special purpose:

                /home///
               /home///

At some point in the future, all current SUN file servers will be modified to also use this convention as well. To aid with this conversion, we have created links from the new names to the old names so that you can start using the new names today! So, if your home directory is currently /home/zoo3/mylogin then you can start changing this to /home/zoo/c/mylogin in all your programs, shell scripts, configuration files (e.g. "rc" files), etc. that reference your home directory. When we update your server to the new naming scheme, all of your programs, shell scripts, etc. will continue to work without a hitch.

Use the table in the next column to determine the new name for your home directory:

          Current Name                 New Name

          /home/ampere5/       ->     /home/ampere/ghafoor/
          /home/ampere6/       ->     /home/ampere/harper/
          /home/ampere7/       ->     /home/ampere/wodicka/
          /home/ampere8/       ->     /home/ampere/fitz/
          /home/aquarium4/     ->     /home/aquarium/chong_quong/
          /home/aquarium5/     ->     /home/aquarium/fujii/
          /home/aquarium6/     ->     /home/aquarium/quong/
          /home/aquarium7/     ->     /home/aquarium/gray/
          /home/aquarium8/     ->     /home/aquarium/bagwell/
          /home/aquarium9/     ->     /home/aquarium/antonio/
          /home/bank4/         ->     /home/bank/krogmeier/
          /home/bank5/         ->     /home/bank/delp1/
          /home/bank6/         ->     /home/bank/delp2/
          /home/bank7/         ->     /home/bank/delp3/
          /home/bank8/         ->     /home/bank/bouman/
          /home/bank10/        ->     /home/bank/materials/
          /home/bank11/        ->     /home/bank/doerschuk/
          /home/eadsbridge3/   ->     /home/eadsbridge/tap/
          /home/goldengate4/   ->     /home/goldengate/wrrc/
          /home/goldengate5/   ->     /home/goldengate/sesde/
          /home/goldengate6/   ->     /home/goldengate/d/
          /home/gus6/          ->     /home/gus/ctsun/
          /home/gus7/          ->     /home/gus/longuski/
          /home/jovian3/       ->     /home/jovian/saquib/
          /home/orchestra3/    ->     /home/orchestra/kashyap/
          /home/orchestra4/    ->     /home/orchestra/lundstrom/
          /home/orchestra6/    ->     /home/orchestra/datta/
          /home/rainbow5/      ->     /home/rainbow/uzsoy/
          /home/rvl1/          ->     /home/rvl1/a
          /home/rvl1a/         ->     /home/rvl1/b
          /home/rvl2/          ->     /home/rvl2/a
          /home/rvl2a/         ->     /home/rvl2/b
          /home/rvl3/          ->     /home/rvl3/a
          /home/rvl3a/         ->     /home/rvl3/b
          /home/rvl4/          ->     /home/rvl4/a
          /home/rvl4a/         ->     /home/rvl4/b
          /home/stargate/      ->     /home/stargate/allebach/
          /home/stargate2/     ->     /home/stargate/a/
          /home/stargate3/     ->     /home/stargate/b/
          /home/stargate4/     ->     /home/stargate/jamieson/
          /home/transform4/    ->     /home/transform/adams/
          /home/transform5/    ->     /home/transform/d/
          /home/zoo2/          ->     /home/zoo/maciejewski1/
          /home/zoo3/          ->     /home/zoo/b/
          /home/zoo4/          ->     /home/zoo/maciejewski2/

          _

          /home//  ->     /home//a/
          /home/2/ ->     /home//b/
          /home/3/ ->     /home//c/
          /home/4/ ->     /home//d/
          /home/5/ ->     /home//e/
          /home/6/ ->     /home//f/
          /home/7/ ->     /home//g/
          /home/8/ ->     /home//f/
          /home/9/ ->     /home//i/

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