Re: Moving users from Debian-based distro to CentOS

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  On 08/08/10 10:47 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I have a Debian machine with four users that I plan on migrating to
> CentOS. As per Debian habits the UIDs start with 1000.
>
> Is it enough to reuse the Debian /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd files
> over? Or will I need to configure some other things? I had considered
> just creating four new users starting from UID 500 then chown -R -ing
> the user's home directories, but I find that invasive and possibly
> error prone (maybe there are files that are not owned by them).
>
> All advice appreciated. Thanks.
>


I'd compare the passwd files, noting the predefined system accounts.   
when I copy over /etc/passwd entries, I generally cut/paste them, not 
just copy the whole file.  of course, the same entries for /etc/shadow



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