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homectl — Create, remove, change, or inspect home directories using the systemd-homed service. More informatio

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Problem

How to use the homectl command: Create, remove, change, or inspect home directories using the systemd-homed service. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/homectl.html>.

Solution

homectl — Create, remove, change, or inspect home directories using the systemd-homed service. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/homectl.html>.

List user accounts and their associated home directories:

homectl list

Create a user account and their associated home directory:

sudo homectl create {{username}}

Remove a specific user and the associated home directory:

sudo homectl remove {{username}}

Change the password for a specific user:

sudo homectl passwd {{username}}

Run a shell or a command with access to a specific home directory:

sudo homectl with {{username}} -- {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

Lock or unlock a specific home directory:

sudo homectl {{lock|unlock}} {{username}}

Change the disk space assigned to a specific home directory to 100 GiB:

sudo homectl resize {{username}} {{100G}}

Display help:

homectl {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

List user accounts and their associated home directories

homectl list

Create a user account and their associated home directory

sudo homectl create {{username}}

Remove a specific user and the associated home directory

sudo homectl remove {{username}}

Change the password for a specific user

sudo homectl passwd {{username}}

Run a shell or a command with access to a specific home directory

sudo homectl with {{username}} -- {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

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