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lman

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From: CZ

Registered: 2007-12-18

Posts: 255

Linux, BSD common /home

Hi,

I'm about to replace my windows with freeBSD, because i need BSD for socket programming in school. But I don't know much about BSD. I have a separate /home partition, so the question is: Is it safe to use this partition as /home for both of the systems?
If yes, can I have the same users in both systems? or is it too much to ask? and the latter won't work because of compatibility problems?

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Linux, BSD common /home

You cant. Linux and BSD dont even share the same filesystem types

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Linux, BSD common /home

BSD can read ext2, and Linux can read UFS, so it is possible to share files. A bit cumbersome and not even close to being a shared $HOME, but workable.