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..
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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Got it Marvin, cheers
Phil
On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal <mkosmal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> No ..
>
> You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.
>
> HTH
>
> Marvin
>
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> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil <batphil64(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks 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.
>>
>> Thanks again
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us> 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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