Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

2005-05-03 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 02:23:28PM +, Moritz Lennert wrote: > Hello, > > We are planning on migrating a few machines from RedHat to Debian and were > wondering whether there exists some way of reusing the red hat configuration > files for the Debian configuration. In other words, can a new Deb

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

2005-05-03 Thread Glenn English
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 15:01 -0400, H. S. wrote: > Wonder what number the "standard" UID's start with? 500, 1000, ...??? As far as I can tell (from Aeleen Frisch and Evi Nemeth books on system administration) there is no standard. It's up to the sysadmin. When I ran into the RH/Debian problem, I

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

2005-05-03 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Glenn English_, on 05/03/2005 02:35 PM,typed: On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 13:02 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Some are standard (like the /etc/passwd, and so on). Even for those though, things like UIDs for daemons etc. differ. And from RH7.3 to Debian Sarge, the UIDs

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

2005-05-03 Thread Glenn English
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 13:02 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > Some are standard (like the /etc/passwd, and so on). > > Even for those though, things like UIDs for daemons etc. differ. And from RH7.3 to Debian Sarge, the UIDs for users change dramatically, too (from 500+

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

2005-05-03 Thread Jon Dowland
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Some are standard (like the /etc/passwd, and so on). Even for those though, things like UIDs for daemons etc. differ. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: migrating from RedHat to Debian without losing configuration

2005-05-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Moritz Lennert wrote: > Hello, > > We are planning on migrating a few machines from RedHat to Debian and were > wondering whether there exists some way of reusing the red hat configuration > files for the Debian configuration. In other words, can a new Debian install > take over the information in