From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 25/01/2026 14:12, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-24 12:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 23/01/2026 23:33, Nuno Silva wrote:   
   >>> What's still puzzling me here is that passwd and shadow are under /etc,   
   >>> so... login should work regardless of /home being mounted or not?   
   >>   
   >> Many configurations are stored in /home/username   
   >>   
   >> The answer is to have a skelatal /home  populated before you mount the   
   >> real home volume over it   
   >   
   > That way a user might not know that /home is not mounted, create files   
   > on root partition until it fills up, and later have problems recovering   
   > the files in either place.   
   >   
   No. You limit what is on the stub simply to enough to log on   
      
      
   > The best thing if /home can not be mounted is to crash. Have the user   
   > solve the situation however he sees fit, which can be to use root   
   > instead. His decision then.   
   >   
      
   I am assuming the user is intelligent and linux literate.   
   My bad.   
      
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