Jon,

I've been using the script that Steve Wood provided (posted Aug 25 to this
listserv); see below.

Tatian

I can tell you the way I do upgrades like that, and it is to backup the user
folder to an external hard drive, perform the upgrade, then push the data
back. So basically:

1. Login as an admin, open Terminal and use the following to push the user
   folder to the external drive:

   rsync -aEv /Users/<username> /Volumes/ExternalHD

2. Then use Casper to wipe the drive and lay down the 10.5.8 image and all
   apps.

3. Login to the machine as the user, then logout.

4. Login to the machine as admin, open Terminal, then do the following:

   cd /Users/<username> rm -rf * rm -rf .* rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username> ./ cd .. chown -R <username>:staff <username>

5. Logout and log back in as the user to verify all of their stuff is
   there.

You can do the move of the user data via scripts if you want, but I just
like doing it myself to make sure it is done right.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475

I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make sure you select exactly what you want to
back up using the incremental method. Back it up to an external drive...
Then move it back over when you are done.