[Lilux-help] Slackware upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1

[Patrick Useldinger]

Patrick Kaell wrote:

> I do not know your girlfriend. But isn't keeping config files in the 
> home directory enough? If you have a separate /home directory everything 
> is kept during a fresh install. Or did she manipulate /etc files?

I've been thinking about this - YES. She does have a system password 
(/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow), and she does have a samba password as 
well (/etc/samba/private/smbpasswd).

So there are some user-specific settings that are not in the $HOME 
directory.

-pu