Right, Derrick. Good advice.
But, if you do mix up users, or if the distro starts the UID numbering
sequence differently (as in RH vs Mandrake, 500 vs 501), you can
'handedit' the /etc/passwd file.
Terry Smith
Cape Cod USA
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 13:01, Derek Jennings wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002
On Sunday 17 Nov 2002 5:11 pm, Terry Smith wrote:
Right, Derrick. Good advice.
But, if you do mix up users, or if the distro starts the UID numbering
sequence differently (as in RH vs Mandrake, 500 vs 501), you can
'handedit' the /etc/passwd file.
How?
Anne
Want to buy your Pack or
Anne,
Here's a snippet from my RH 8.0 /etc/passwd file:
...
pvm:x:24:24::/usr/share/pvm3:/bin/bash
radvd:x:75:75:radvd user:/:/bin/false
terry:x:501:501:Terry Smith:/home/terry:/bin/bash
.
The last line is associated with user 'terry' and includes
the user name:whether the user employs
Thanks, Terry. That's worth filing for reference :-)
Anne
On Sunday 17 Nov 2002 6:34 pm, Terry Smith wrote:
Anne,
Here's a snippet from my RH 8.0 /etc/passwd file:
...
pvm:x:24:24::/usr/share/pvm3:/bin/bash
radvd:x:75:75:radvd user:/:/bin/false
terry:x:501:501:Terry
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
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
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:47:42 +
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
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 21:43, 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
On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 6:01 pm, you wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:47:42 +
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
snip
Whenever I've done installs this way, I've even re-named my /mnt/win_c
partition (and occasionally even a /mnt/win_d) to /Windows and /Archive
with no problems whatsoever. Then at least I can find those partitions
quicker in Konqueror, and I don't have to wait for Konqueror to
Yup. Don't see why not. But if your systems and users are trusted, it
shouldn't make any serious difference.
Lanman
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On 13/11/2002 at 10:06 PM Michael Adams wrote:
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Whenever I've done installs this way, I've even re-named my /mnt/win_c
partition
Lanman -
When discussing my cleanup and redistribution of installs and data on my 3
hdds, you advised me to 'change the Mount Point' (of the 4 Gb drive) 'to
something like /temp'. Just to put my mind at rest - I presume this is
done during the install? I seem to remember that I was invited
Anne; Yes, that's absolutely right. Change the mount point to /temp during
the install. Don't format it !! I mention that because I've accidently done
it myself a few times. Once that's done, proceed with the Win98 and LM 8.2
installs as usual. LM 8.2 being the second install, will automatically
I'm expecting my pre-ordered disks any day now, and, in the light of problems
others have had with hardware no longer working, at least out of the box, I
have to make decisions. At the same time, I feel that I have a HDD
catastrophe waiting to happen.
Currently I have two 20Gb disks and a 4Gb
Anne; Interesting situation! Your 4Gb HDD is currently holding your
/home partition? Brave! Very Brave! That hard drive has to be 2 or 3
years PAST it's MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure), and it's holding your
personal data?
I'd like to suggest that you skip the new hard drive idea, unless you
Anne; Never thought you were Daft, but I didn't know your experience
level, so I thought I'd be specific, just to make sure that no important
steps were missed.
Lanman
On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 12:57, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 3:03 pm, you wrote:
Anne; Interesting situation! Your
On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 6:37 pm, you wrote:
Anne; Never thought you were Daft, but I didn't know your experience
level, so I thought I'd be specific, just to make sure that no important
steps were missed.
Lanman
No 'ffence taken, but I am guilty of having a machine that has grown like
Topsy,
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