[--tech--]Re: installing multuple distributions

[Pol <xtekhne@gmail.com>]

<posted & mailed>

Yuri Csapo wrote:

> Pol,
> 
> Yes, it would certainly work. The important files to look at are, as you
> said, /etc/passwd and /etc/group; but also /etc/shadow. I don't think
> it's a good idea to make them the same because different distros will
> have different ways of doing things and different required
> administrative users and groups; things like lp, admin, etc. All you
> need to do is make sure that your own user entry (and those of other
> users of the system) has the same UID and belongs to the same primary
> group, which should have the same GID. Also, I'd make the passwords the
> same across the distros just to keep sane... Good luck!

yes, i realise /etc/passwd and /etc/group might contain
distribution-specific details
thank you

--P