One /home/username shared amongst several Fedora instances using external HD

[CB]

Markus Huber wrote:

> Mounting _as_ or _under_ /home/username?
>
> Mounting _as_ /home/username is not possible afaik, but you can mount 
> your drive wherever you want inside /home/username/what/ever/you/want 
> and then set the automount as you like it.
>
> For automount under Gnome see:
> http://fedoranews.org/krishnan/tips/tip040.shtml
>
> It's for USB-drives but should work for firewire-drives as well - I 
> suppose. Just set the filesystem appropriately how the drive is 
> formatted.
>
> Regards
> Markus
>
>
Sorry, yes, I meant mounting *as* /home/username, so not only my docs 
but also all the config  directories (/home/.*) get shared between the 
machines (not simultaneously, of course). Any idea why mounting an 
external drive as /home/username isn't possible?

Thanks for the automounting tip.