1 Mar
2004
1 Mar
'04
11:29 a.m.
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IanBell wrote:
I am thinking of re-partitioning to include a permanent /home
partition which
can be used by either linux distro. This way I can install or upgrade distros to my hearts content without having to worry about
transferring user
files. So the question, does this work, is it practical, are ther any pitfalls?
The main problem is ensuring the UID for a particular user is the same on all systems, as it is the UID number not the username which matters when deciding who owns a particular file.
Luckily that is fairly easy to achieve, by fiddling with /etc/passwd a bit.
- -- Stuart Clark mailto:stuart.clark@Jahingo.com http://www.Jahingo.com/
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