Re: Restoring passwd and shadow files

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You may also want to look at copying over /etc/group.

rh9 to rh9 should work out fine...not too sure about fc1 to fc2
however.  there may be some changes in uids which i not too sure about
you may want to dig a bit deeper in that particular situation.

-T

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:37:12 -0400, Kevin Old <kevinold@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm currently moving data from one machine to another and would like
> to move over all my users logins with ease.  I've never done it
> before, but I assume if I copy all of these files from my old server
> to my new one, all should work well.
> 
> Here's what I *think* I should move:
> 
> /etc/passwd
> /etc/passwd-
> /etc/gshadow
> /etc/gshadow-
> /etc/gshadow.lock
> /etc/shadow
> /etc/shadow-
> 
> Is this correct?  I'm moving a RH9 box to another RH9 box and a FC1 to
> and FC2 box.  I figured it should be the same for each of the three
> versions.
> 
> Anyone actually done this and can offer help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin
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