On 19 April 2011 15:05, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 14:50 +1200, yuri wrote: > >> Make a note of each username and its corresponding numerical userID. > > Why not make a copy of the relevant parts of /etc/passwd, /etc/group > and /etc/shadow, and append ( cat >> ) the new ones?
When changing distros I like to create users through the provided tools, because different distros may use groups differently. Maybe you're more confident due to better knowledge of how things work. Changing from Ubuntu to an Ubuntu derivative, your method is probably safe and seems easier too. Thanks for the tip. Yuri _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
