Re: transfer to new server

[Jan Carlson <janc iname com>]

NetWork 2020 wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > If you don't wat that, then only do /etc/passwd, etc/shadow,
> etc/group and
> > the /home directory.
> 
> That mean I can just copy the /etc/passwd and etc/shadow to
> other machine. then user should able logon other machine ?

Copying from A to B would be ok, if:

. both machines have the same OS version
. you also create home directories for the new users
     with the correct UID,GID,permissions
. ALL old users on B also exist on A with the same UID,GID, etc.
. You want all old passwords on B to change.


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Jan Carlson
janc iname com   Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2