Re: installing multuple distributions

Pol wrote:

> Probably i should make sure that /etc/passwd and /etc/groups are the same in
> all distributions.
> Do you think it would work?

Your user accounts should have the same UID/GID if you are planning on
using a common /home partition.

However, you shoudn't modify the system UIDs/GIDs. Bear in mind that
the filesystem stores numeric UID/GID, not user/group names. If you
change the UIDs/GIDs in the passwd and group files, files and
directories will have the wrong owner. Some configuration files may
also use numeric UIDs/GIDs.

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Glynn Clements <[email protected]>