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