On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 08:44, Jeff wrote:
> Simon,
>            I have about 60 users on my system and have upgraded the main
> hard drive twice. Both times I simply copied the
> /etc/passwd file and the /etc/group files over first. When I copy the /home
> directory accross and any other directory the users use I make sure the copy
> is with permissions and owner preserved.
> This works for me.
> 

If you're using shadow passwords, you must copy the /etc/shadow file
over too - otherwise things won't go quite that smooth.

TG
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Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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