In the end, I told it not to "Create a home directory", but to DO create the user.
Guess what, when I logged as root, the home directory was already assigned as $HOME for the user on the Users and Groups appp regardless. I was expecting having to go to the "Users and Gropups" app and add the directory manually, but I was gladly surprised to see it already assigned. Weird JP On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 20 August 2013, Javier Perez sent: > > I have a directory on its own /home partition > > > > /home/username > > > > During installation it ask to set an Administrator user. > > One of the options is "Create a home directory for this user" > > > > What happens here if the directory already exist, will it be erased? > > Or will the installer use the existing directory? > > In a situation like that, I'd be inclined to create a completely new > user, then deal with adding an old user, post-install. You've got a > much easier time testing how things will behave when working with a > running system. And having a new, spare, user logon to do any debugging > on a system is very handy, anyway. > > But I can't imagine a setup deleting an already existing homespace, it'd > be a really dumb way of handling user accounts. Having said that, being > asked to "create a home directory" is a bit odd, too. And I can imagine > the possibility of setting up a new user in a prior user's files might > have the chance of installing a few default files over the top of > existing ones, ones that might have been customised. > > All that sort of things goes to show why it can be useful to set up a > completely different user, then experiment with the account editor on a > running system, rather than one that's in the process of installing. > You've got more chance to poke around and try things, without facing the > prospect of the install doing something you don't like, without finding > out until it's too late. Or having to restart the install several times > over, trying out different options. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp > Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 > > All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point > trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the > public lists. > > George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not > a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepeb...@gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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