On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 6:01 pm, you wrote: > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:47:42 +0000 > > John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >When installing v.9.0 I considered sharing the existing /home directory, > > >which I was told is possible. However, I then realised that I would be > > >likely to cause version conflicts in the various dot file/directories > > > unless I registered as a different user. Then I considered what I > > > would have to do about the existing other users - problems. > > > > > >The other users never log on directly, but need access from their > > > windows machines over samba, partly for filesharing and partly for > > > backup of their work. > > > > > >Possible solution - clean install with new /home, mount old home as > > > /oldhome, copy their data only onto the new setup. > > > > > >a) Will I be able to mount the old home in this way, or will 9.0 insist > > > that I already have a /home? They will not be on the same hdd, if that > > > makes any difference (don't see why it would). > > > > > >b) Any other comments? Anything I need to think more about? > > > > > >Anne > > > > I don't think there is anything to worry about in regard to a shared > > /home partition. > > You will of course have the same user profile for both OS's, that is all. > > > > I choose not to have one /home partition. I don't think it's possible to > > share the same > > /home directory, persumeably in one or other Mandrake OS. Each OS has > > it's own > > /home directory, and you may set them up hower you desire. Generally > > speaking > > it's not fifficult to copy setup files from one /home directory to > > another, which aids > > the user configuration process. > > > > John > > > > -- > > John Richard Smith > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > There is no need to create new home directiries so long as you take one > simple precaution when you install 9.0 > > Simply add your users in *exactly* the same order as you did when you > installed 8.2
Problem is, something weird happened when I re-installed. I found that I was user 501, and the next user I added was 500. I suppose I could remove him and add him again to get a higher number, as I imagine that I will probably be added as 500. What do you think? > > This will ensure that each user has the same UID number (User > Identification Number) as in the old installation. And the ownerships of > all the files in the existing home directories will be OK. When I copied the user files back I had to change the owner of all their files - fortunately not too many yet. > > Add the users in a different order and crazy things will happen like files > in userA's home will only be readable by userB > > > There is no need to worry about the 'dotfiles' in the homes. KDE will for > example automatically upgrade a kde2.2 ~/kde directory to kde3 format the > first time you log in. You will not lose any config data. > But what will happen when I log in to 8.2 again? Anne
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