HI
I am not on a fedora box right now but, if memory serves me right. All users are kept in /etc/shadow/ and the other file would be /etc/passwd. If you copies those two files over I believe you would be OK..
I am not on a fedora box right now but, if memory serves me right. All users are kept in /etc/shadow/ and the other file would be /etc/passwd. If you copies those two files over I believe you would be OK..
Someone can second this. I haven't done this in a LONG time.
HTH
Marvin
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Bat Phil <batphil64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Got it Marvin, cheersPhilOn 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal <mkosmal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:No ..You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.HTH
MarvinOn Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil <batphil64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:PhilThanks againThanks for your reply Joe.I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and available under the new install.On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote:On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:
3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
within the home directory?
~/.thunderbird to be exact.
4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have
the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically
configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering?
The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video.
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