vmunich wrote:Done :->
Just a last question: in the case when I do not format my /home and just create the same users I had before the new install, are the permissions then set automatically ?
In other words: if I had a user called USER1 on my mageia7 system, and if I create a user called USER1 on my newly installed mageia8, will USER1 have the same permissions on the same files as he had before the install ???
Best,
Vincent
Just an additional comment from someone who almost always use the same /home. The config files in /home are usually just read by program x, which means old setting will persist and you can continue to use program x as before without any additinal setup. This goes for your desktop etc too. That is unless the program/desktop changes the way it reads/uses config files in /home. An example of this is when Mozilla Firefox switched from the old profile system to their new profile system.
So in the end it depends on the software, but usually those config files are used and your software will basically look the same as before you reinstalled Mageia (or any other distro).
Secondly, during the installation process, you can set both the UID and GID of any users you create during the installation. This is very practical in these kind of scenarios, to make sure your new user/UID group/GID matches the old setup. But generally, if you DON*T want to do this manually, you SHOULD set up any users in your new installatiion IN THE SAME ORDER as you did in the old system. Just note down the current UID/GID of your users on your system, then add those users in the new insstallation in the correct order (to get the "correct"/corresponding UID/GID automatically)