On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 04:48:31PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > So you could easily get a real hodge-podge of names and numeric ids > > by recovering to a different system. > > > > Archived System Recovery System Result of Recovery > > name id # name id # name id # > > > > AAA 111 AAA 111 AAA 111 > > BBB 222 BBB 234 BBB 234 > > CCC 333 (no CCC) (no 333) (none) 333 > > DDD 444 (no DDD) (EEE is 444) EEE 444 > > > > Note, 3 of the 4 cases result in a recovery that doesn't match the > > originally archived system. May or may not be what was wanted. > > But as soon as /etc/passwd and /etc/group have been restored from backup as > well and you boot from the restored medium, CCC and DDD become correct again, > right?
The restored medium is on a cd-rom, therefore I can't change the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. This is why I found out that solution I mentioned in my previous e-mail. -- Udvozlettel Zsiga