Don't forget to save copies of your mail configuration files and any other server-customizing configuration files. You can use RPM or mtime's to help determine what you have customized, (but ideally, you would already have documented your configuration customizations as a careful system administrator).
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 11:46:39AM -0500, 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! > > 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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
