> 
> Copy of all homes directories

yes

> Copy of smb.conf

yes

> Copy of smbpasswd

yes
> Copy of passwd
yes

> 
> Is there anything else.
> 

yes

/etc/crontab (if you added anything to it)
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/hosts
/etc/hosts.allow (if you used it)
/etc/shadow

Also, things like /etc/postfix/, /etc/shorewall/, etc... 


> what file are the groups held in ?

/etc/group

 
> As regards the home directories, i was going to tar them and then untar on
> the other machine with the -P option, keep permissions. But do i first have
> to set-up the users and groups first.

nope... tar will work just fine.


> 
> Will i have to append the group, passwd and smbpasswd entries to the new
> passwd, smbpasswd and group files or just replace them ?

over-write them will work just fine.


Anthony


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