On 2003-11-26 10:15:54 +0000 Richard Lewis richard.lewis@uea.ac.uk wrote:
Can I install Debian into / and set up a user with the same name as I have at the moment ('richard') and have that user's home directory the same as it is at the moment ('/home/richard') but without overwritting any of the data in /home/richard?
Yes, you can, but you'll need to make sure whichever of adduser or useradd you use doesn't copy files into the home directory. You'll also probably want to make sure that the new user "richard" has the same user id (UID) and group id (GID) numbers as before. UEA used to have some system for converting official usernames into user and group id numbers, which might be worth copying. Type "id" at an alpha command line to get the details.