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
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