On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:35:18 -0500, JoeHill wrote about Re: [newbie] Upgrade to Mandriva 2007, all accounts gone!:
>On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:15:23 +0100 >Ralph Utbult got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: > >> I have a backup:) Can I put everything in /home back from the backup and >> it will work? > >Well, you got nothin' to lose by tryin' ;) > >Glad to hear you have a backup. > >The only gotcha, as ET referred to above, is that if you copy the files >over from your backup, the UID might be wrong for your user account. It >should not be, if you did an upgrade. The user accounts should stay the >same, AFAIK. If you get into trouble (best before) always find the uid. If you're working without X or your /home/account files nearby and can't find the uid's, just type 'getent passwd' and you should see who is what. Remember during install you can do this bit as 'custom' and set the uid's per account to the numbers you need. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
