OldWorld install of 4.0 -- cleaning up

[Andrew Mason]

On Thursday 17 February 2005 3:56 am, Andrew wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 19:53, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> > Now, how do I "re-activate" the pre-existing users on /home?
> > Would this work or do I risk destroying the data in the directories?
>
> THAT is a good point. There must be a way to restore a user's place at
> home. I have no friggin clue how.. As soon as I learn that trick, it
> will be added into the howto.
when you do useradd just use the -d flag and make sure that the home dir is 
then chown 'd to the new user id and group it... :)

> > "2a- You will meet a text-mode login, login as root and add your 'user'
> > account: useradd <username> [ENTER]
> > passwd <username> [ENTER]"
> >
> > From
> >
> > <http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=339>
>
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