Copy the /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group files to tne new system. tar up /home and /var/spool/mail on the old system and untar them on the new system...voila!
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Michael Ketani wrote: > Hi all, > > Could some please give me some pointers on how best to move 3000+ users > from box running RH 7.0 (ext2 file system, 2.2.16smp kernel) to an > identical box running RH 8.0 (ext3 file system, latest kernel) ? > > The users are all mail server users only. The do not have shell access > (/bin/false) although we give them home directories (which they do not > get to use anyway). It would be nice if I didn't lose anyone's mail in > the process, but if this is unavoidable then I can leave with it. > > Though the boxes are identical, I'm not impressed with the way the RH7.0 > box was partitioned by the original sys admin and would like to start > anew with a clean install of RH8.0 > > Thanks, > Michael > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
