Re: [SLE] 8.2 to 9.0?

From: Stan Glasoe (srglasoe_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/26/03

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:24:38 -0600

    On Sunday 26 October 2003 08:53, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
    > On 10/26/2003 09:39 PM, Donald Henson wrote:
    > >As I understand it, a "fresh" install replaces virtually everything but
    >
    > AFAIK, a fresh install is totally fresh, fresh formatting and
    > partitioning (if needed) of all hard disk. You can change that
    > depending on your partitioning, needs, etc.
    >
    > >leaves the /home directories alone so that your data is saved. Is that a
    > >correct assumption?
    >
    > If your home directories are on their own partition, you can tell the
    > install program to mount that partition as home and not format, and it
    > will obey you. Permissions may be all screwed on home though, as there
    > will be no users until you add them to a fresh install, and I don't know
    > if the new users would get a new home or if they would get their former
    > home directories. The data, though, for sure would be saved. If you
    > have a lot of users, though, getting home back in shape will still take
    > quite a bit of work. If possible, add all users in the same order as
    > before. It might help.
    >
    > --
    > Joe Morris

    Fresh install will only format the partitions you designate or those that are
    blank, unformatted before the install. Any formatted partitions are left as
    is. Same for an upgrade.

    Separate /home directories will be preserved IF you don't EXPLICITLY format
    them. Otherwise they won't be touched. As for the users and permissions you
    will need to match their loginid and userid everytime you set them up in the
    new OS. By default SUSE seems to use userid 500 for the first user. If you
    set yourself up as the first user during install (after root) and use the
    same loginid and verify the same userid then you will be warned that you
    match what was on that ~/loginid-userid home partition. That new loginid and
    userid take possesion and permissions of that /home directory. Which is
    usually what you want.

    Rolling over several hundereds or thousands of users needs a more automated
    approach but we were talking home systems right?

    Stan 

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