Move home directory to another directory in Ubuntu 12.04

Question

I want to move my present home directory to another directory in my virtual-box ubuntu 12.04 distro. Here is what I want:

Right now my present home directory is located at /home/jhon.

But I want to change it to /home/users/jhon

How do I do that? So that when I type $HOME, it should point to /home/users/jhon

Answer 1

sudo usermod -d /home/users -m

should move all files form your old home (/home/) to your new home (/home/users/) and update all files that need to be updated (like /etc/passwd).