On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 12:00 -0400, fedora-test-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:28:33 +0200 > From: Cimmo <cimmo@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: FC3 to FC4 > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <42AF5A11.80306@xxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ha scritto: > > >Is there a program to store account information so it > >can be preserved across a new install? > > > > > > for the next time install /home in a different partition, upgrading will > be easier :) > > bye > Cimmo I've had a separate /u file system going back to SCO Xenix. I keep a tree in /u with copies of /etc/hosts at al. I also have an "upgrade check list" for things to do for upgrading *x releases -- double backups juat in case, and all that. Which gets back to my original, unanswered question: is there a Linux counterpart to the SCO Unix programs that store and reinstall the users' ACCOUNT INFORMATION? Saving /etc/passwd doesn't quite cut it anymore. -- Chuck Forsberg caf@xxxxxxxx www.omen.com 503-614-0430 Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665