You may also want to consider copying over /etc/gshadow -- which is created
when you use "shadow" passwords.
--
Michael Viron
Independent Computer Consultant
Pensacola, FL
At 12:55 AM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 22:11:44 -0500 synrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'm setting up a new server for my mail-web-file server setup.
>> While I'm not worried about recreating configuration files for most
>> servers, I don't know what to do with the users home directories and
>> password files. Will it work if I simply add the contents of the old
>> password file to password file on the new machine ?? ( only user names
>> of course ). Do I need to worry about shadow passwords in this case ??
>> any advice will be appreciated.
>
>I had the same problem when upgrading. In addition, a previous distro
>competed with uids/gids in the 500 range; so I changed all my users to
>start at 555. Now, when upgrading, I create ONLY an "installer" userid,
>then copy over all the /etc/{passwd,shadow,group} stuff in the 555+ range
>(users only) and voila!
>
>HTH,
>Pierre
>
>
>
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