Migrate users
Project: | Linux Distribution |
Component: | Code |
Category: | feature request |
Priority: | normal |
Assigned: | Unassigned |
Status: | active |
Project wiki: | New Linux Distribution |
Related pages: | #694: User administration |
Tags: | User administration |
Description
When installing a new distribution on a new partition (new disk), it is sometimes useful to be able to import custom settings from a previously running distribution, still installed on a disk available in the system.
The most obvious are user accounts. Why set up new accounts for each users when we have a separate /home partition and existing users in the old system. So, during the installation phase, offer to mount the old partition and import such settings.