Re: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files

[Jesper Holmberg]

Hi Daniel!

* On Tuesday, August 22, Daniel Woods wrote:
> Re-installing will create new /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and
> /etc/group files. Can I copy back the current files after
> the install, and place them over the new files ?

You should have no problems doing this. Has worked for me numerous
times.


> How do others save their /home/users when doing a new install
> on top of an existing one ?
> 

Well I just have a separate /home partition


Jesper


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