Additional Users

Previous Versions of Tiny Core

Tiny Core

Additional Users

To set up Tiny Core for additional users, do the following in conjunction with Install on a Hard Drive While Connected to the Internet or Install on a Hard Drive Without Being Connected to the Internet.

Home for Each User

Tiny Core may be set up with a home for each user.

In this example, there are three users, Rodney, Hayley and Nicole. You may change the names and have a different number of users.

When installing Tiny Core, set up menu.lst in Grub as follows.

default 0
timeout 5

title Tiny Core
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage quiet user=rodney tce=sda1 home=sda1 opt=sda1 max_loop=255
initrd /boot/tinycore.gz

title Tiny Core
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage quiet user=hayley tce=sda1 home=sda1 opt=sda1 max_loop=255
initrd /boot/tinycore.gz

title Tiny Core
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage quiet user=nicole tce=sda1 home=sda1 opt=sda1 max_loop=255
initrd /boot/tinycore.gz

If you view this on a screen with a low resolution, the end of the long lines may return and be on the next line. If you enter it that way, it will not work. It must be on one line.

If you use a partition other than sda1, use appropriate partition information.

If you don't use Backup to save and restore settings, include "norestore" in each line which begins with "kernel."

With this method, users can access each other's files.

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