On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:44:10 +0100 "Armin K." <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/14/2015 11:32 AM, Cliff McDiarmid wrote: > > Hi > > I know it's not the done thing, but I need to use the same user > > account which is on my home partition from two different LFS's, > > each on its own partition. I understand this can be done if the > > user files are very similar or the same. And that the uid and gid > > need to be the same. Can't get it working at present though, can > > someone point me in the right diection? thanks > > MAC > > > > > > > > I use same /home across LFS installs. I just make sure that UID on > new system matches the one on old system (always 1000) and then just > add a fstab entry to mount shared home to new LFS too. > I have a similar arrangement but I would make an extra proviso: have a proper home directory on each of your root partitions for your personal configuration files. That way you won't get any conflicts between them. The common partition can then be used for data only. Mount it somewhere else than $HOME; I use /home/data. -- If any members of GCHQ are reading this, shame on you! I fought for your right to belong to a trade union and now you are taking away my right to privacy? H Russman -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
