D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh <at> mimosa.com> writes: > I would suggest: > cp -p passwd group shadow gshadow OLD/ > The -p preserves file attributes. I use it on most cp commands I > issue. > > I always regret the fact that I forget to copy my sshd host keys over. > But I always forget. Thanks Hugh - I guess that really helpful documentation giving step-by-step instructions is really valuable particularly for newcomers - but even for old hands this kind of how-to does help - I find it takes ages to find help at times on specific issues - though there are web sites that hold how-tos but they are often not kept up to date. I will try to write this as a web page at some point but it needs cleaning up and preparing properly - which does take time - so when there is time it will get done - I guess we forget that lack of time is often the reason why good docs are not always available! I guess the priority is to get the code all working which is often the ultimate underlying reason that other stuff does not get done!
