HI I am not on a fedora box right now but, if memory serves me right. All users are kept in /etc/shadow/ and the other file would be /etc/passwd. If you copies those two files over I believe you would be OK..
Someone can second this. I haven't done this in a LONG time. HTH Marvin On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Bat Phil <batphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Got it Marvin, cheers > > Phil > > > > On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal <mkos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No .. >> >> You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install. >> >> HTH >> >> Marvin >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil <batphi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for your reply Joe. >>> >>> I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda >>> about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more >>> about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user >>> accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved >>> and available under the new install. >>> >>> Thanks again >>> Phil >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff <j...@zeff.us> wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using >>>>> Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory >>>>> within the home directory? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ~/.thunderbird to be exact. >>>> >>>> 4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have >>>>> the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically >>>>> configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering? >>>>> >>>> >>>> The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various >>>> partitions mounted unless you tell it. To do what you want, you need to >>>> create a custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple. You specify >>>> what partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted >>>> or, if you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted. Generally >>>> speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are >>>> exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video >>>> collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video. >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > > -- > 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 > >
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