Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 2:18 PM From: "Hazel Russman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Using the same user account 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. Thanks Hazel and Armin. I've got it working now. I've read that it's best to split the personal configuration files. thanks again MAC -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
