On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 11:51:30AM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 10:46, Mike Burger wrote: > > 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! > > > I have hesitated to do that from previous upgrades (6.x to 7.x) since > many of the services run under their own users and they did not exist in > the older system /etc/passwd. If that is not a issue then you should be > good to go.
One thing that we usually do is only extract the users with a UID >500. This allows all the pre-installed users to work properly (root, apache, mailman, etc.). For users such as root, you'll need to copy the password across or simply set a new one. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
