Take the 2-minute tour ×  How can I put a user in a default
directory when the logs in via SSH on Ubuntu? Currently, users
are in ~ but I want them in something like /path/to/something.
How is this configured? The machine will always have the path.
Many thanks :).  share|improve this question Do you mean
changing the home directory? –  Lucas Kauffman Apr 5 '12 at
10:18  2 Answers 2  up vote 5 down vote accepted  If you want to
keep the users home directory but change the dirextory where
they login to then you would have to add a cd /path/to/something
at the end of the /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile  share|improve
this answer  If you want to change the home directory of a user,
you can use:  $ sudo usermod -d /path/to/new/home username
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