Transfering user acount/E-mail Account to new box

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 07:56:38AM +0800, Toto Gamez wrote:
> Thanks guys,

You are quite welcome.

>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Bob McClure Jr 
>   To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:21 AM
>   Subject: Re: Transfering user acount/E-mail Account to new box
> 
> 
>   On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:54:15AM +0800, Toto Gamez wrote:
>   > Hi 
>   > I want to tranfer all user/email account from RH72 box to a newly installed RHFC box, what files and directories do I have to backup and tranfer so that I will not create the same account to my new box and creating again their password
>   > 
>   > TIA
> 
>   Off the top of my head (not much up there :-);
> 
>   /home/
>   /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and /etc/group (uids/gids >= 500 only)
>   /var/spool/mail/
> 
>   This assumes you have no Samba password files.
> 
>   What did I miss?
> 
>   Cheers,
>   -- 
>   Bob McClure, Jr.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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