Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-25 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Benjamin Smith li...@benjamindsmith.com wrote: What is the most sensible or correct way to migrate ALL the users to the new system? Way in the past is was just perhaps copy the /etc/passwd file but I know thats not the case anymore. how do I easily recreate

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-24 Thread Benjamin Smith
What is the most sensible or correct way to migrate ALL the users to the new system? Way in the past is was just perhaps copy the /etc/passwd file but I know thats not the case anymore. how do I easily recreate their account names etc... on the new machine. When transitioning mail servers,

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-22 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/12/22 Rajagopal Swaminathan raju.rajs...@gmail.com: Greetings, On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com wrote: hi all, hmm.. scp oldbox:/etc/passwd brand new CentOS 6 Box geewiz:/etc/passwd ditto /etc/gshadow,/etc/groups, /etc/gshadow It's possibly better

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-22 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Eero Volotinen eero.voloti...@iki.fi wrote: 2010/12/22 Rajagopal Swaminathan raju.rajs...@gmail.com: scp oldbox:/etc/passwd brand new CentOS 6 Box geewiz:/etc/passwd ditto /etc/gshadow,/etc/groups, /etc/gshadow It's possibly better way only to

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-22 Thread Les Mikesell
On 12/22/10 4:26 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: Greetings, On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Eero Volotineneero.voloti...@iki.fi wrote: 2010/12/22 Rajagopal Swaminathanraju.rajs...@gmail.com: scpoldbox:/etc/passwdbrand new CentOS 6 Box geewiz:/etc/passwd ditto /etc/gshadow,/etc/groups,

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-22 Thread Chris Geldenhuis
Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: Greetings, On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com wrote: hi all, hmm.. scp oldbox:/etc/passwd brand new CentOS 6 Box geewiz:/etc/passwd ditto /etc/gshadow,/etc/groups, /etc/gshadow YMMV Regards Rajagopal

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-21 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/12/22 Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com: hi all, I will be migrating my mail server from centos 4.8 to 6 when its released. Basically its just a number of users with their passwords. Their mail is downloaded to their clients and not stored on the server. What is the most sensible or

Re: [CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-21 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com wrote: hi all, hmm.. scp oldbox:/etc/passwd brand new CentOS 6 Box geewiz:/etc/passwd ditto /etc/gshadow,/etc/groups, /etc/gshadow YMMV Regards Rajagopal ___ CentOS