Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1938 mails)

[Ken Schneider - openSUSE <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/16/2009 06:41 AM, Volker pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> On Friday 11 December 2009 21:12:44 Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
> > On 12/11/2009 03:05 PM, Rui Santos pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> > > Volker wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 10 December 2009 16:29:34 Rui Santos wrote:
> > > > > Volker wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Volker,
> > > > >
> > > > > > has the feature to import users from already existing /home during
> > > > > > installation been dropped?
> > > > >
> > > > > I performed a new install on my EeePC, which had openSUSE 11.1 on it,
> > > > > and It allowed me to keep the previous users on the new openSUSE 11.2
> > > > > install.
> > > >
> > > > Hi Rui,
> > > >
> > > > do you remember at which point in the installation procedere the option
> > > > came up?
> > >
> > > Yes, It prompts on the area where you are able to select the
> > > authentication options ( /etc/passwd, ldap, etc.. ).
> > > However, I installed another laptop today and the option to "use old
> > > users" ( do not remember the correct name ) was not shown. There is a
> > > difference between the two setups: My EeePC has /home on a separate
> > > partition which I did not format. I wonder if this is catch...
> > >
> > > Probably someone else here can enlighten us lit bit more...
> > >
> > > > I exspected it to be somewhere around the step of first user creation,
> > > > didn't find it.
> >
> > They must be imported from /etc/passwd not /home. Whatever is in /home
> > are just directories that could belong to anyone. If you format your
> > root directory (/) you will destroy the info needed to automatically
> > create your users.
>
> I just gave it a shot with the 11.1:
>
> During the install process, where you choose the User Authenfication Method, 
> there is a checkbox labled 'Read user data from a previous installation'. 
> Works like a charm, even from an encrypted /home.

Because it is reading from /etc/passwd _before_ formatting the / partition.

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Ken Schneider
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