Entware entware:: set HOME to external storage

[adriansev]

Hi! What would be the procedure to set the entware based "/root" as the home for the admin user of the ruter?
I imagine some settings in /jffs/configs/profile.add but i'm not sure if it is a simple `[[ -e /opt/root ]] && export HOME=/opt/root`

Thanks a lot!

 

[ColinTaylor]

That should work. Alternatively you could just put export HOME=/opt/root in /opt/etc/profile

 

[adriansev]

That should work. Alternatively you could just put export HOME=/opt/root in /opt/etc/profile

yes, thanks a lot!! make a lot more sense to put it there, and source /opt/etc/profile from /jffs/configs/profile.add

 

[ColinTaylor]

and source /opt/etc/profile from /jffs/configs/profile.add

No need. /opt/etc/profile is already sourced from /etc/profile.

 

[adriansev]

this is weird, i cannot post a reply with code

 

[adriansev]

oh, i see!! well, i tried with the following while checking for id -u -eq 0
[ -d /opt/root ] && export HOME=/opt/root
[ -d /opt/root/bin ] && export PATH=/opt/root/.local/bin:/opt/root/bin:$PATH

 

[adriansev]

and the behavior is that after ssh i land to the default /tmp/home/root and only after empty cd i go to /tmp/mnt/AC66U/entware/root

i thought to use usermod to change the home for admin (and put the command in post-mount) but there is no usermod ..

 

[adriansev]

would be feasible to use s e d to change home written in passwd just after the external storage is mounted?

 

[adriansev]

i know that there is possibility to customize p a s s w d with p a s s w d.postconf (found this documentation)

 

[adriansev]

but i think that i have to be certain that external storage is mounted (which i'm not sure that is guaranteed in postconf scripts)

 

[adriansev]

this is really weird behavior!! i had to try each word to find the culprit(s) and see above the splited words !!

 

[ColinTaylor]

What are you trying to achieve? This seems unnecessarily complicated.

 

[adriansev]

What are you trying to achieve? This seems unnecessarily complicated.

make sure that IF external ssd is mounted then the admin (uid==0) home is /opt/root

 

[ColinTaylor]

make sure that IF external ssd is mounted then the admin (uid==0) home is /opt/root

Then the solution in post #2 should be all you need. Unless you've got a non-standard configuration the only interactive login account is the admin (UID=0) user. There aren't any other interactive login accounts so you don't need to cater for other UIDs.

 

[adriansev]

Then the solution in post #2 should be all you need. Unless you've got a non-standard configuration the only interactive login account is the admin (UID=0) user. There aren't any other interactive login accounts so you don't need to cater for other UIDs.

it is a standard configuration. thanks a lot for taking from your time to answer and follow this thread!