Many thanks Anthony :o) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anthony Abby Sent: 23 December 2002 7:09 PM To: Mandrake-Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Transferring users from LM8.1 to LM9
> > 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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