On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 09:46 +0100, Pol wrote: > <posted & mailed> > > Yuri Csapo wrote: > > > Pol, > > > > Yes, it would certainly work. The important files to look at are, as you > > said, /etc/passwd and /etc/group; but also /etc/shadow. I don't think > > it's a good idea to make them the same because different distros will > > have different ways of doing things and different required > > administrative users and groups; things like lp, admin, etc. All you > > need to do is make sure that your own user entry (and those of other > > users of the system) has the same UID and belongs to the same primary > > group, which should have the same GID. Also, I'd make the passwords the > > same across the distros just to keep sane... Good luck! > > yes, i realise /etc/passwd and /etc/group might contain > distribution-specific details > thank you ... as well as other files in /etc directory. I think it'd be good idea to have /etc unshared between your Linux distros. Things that could possibly be problematic when sharing /etc are: - passwd and group (as mentioned) - boot scripts in rcN.d and init.d - PAM configuration (if any is present, but most of Linux distros uses it) - other common system config (you'll need to merge all common files which may be different in various Linux distros) -- Mateusz Marzantowicz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
