On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Todd Cary <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am currently running CentOS 4 and want to install CentOS 5.
> To do that, I plan to install a new HD in my server box onto
> which CentOS will be installed. I will then copy the "home"
> directory from the old drive or from a backup on a USB drive,
> however I am not sure how to handle the Users/Passwords from the
> old installation.
>
Depends on what kind of security you are running. If it's just plain
vanilla Linux login security, save the old /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
(and /etc/group) files, then restore the lines for accounts/groups you
added on 4 to the new one that gets installed on 5.
Remember, though, that when you do a fresh installation, you will be
asked to create a user account for initial logins. Make sure you
match one of your old ones, or use a completely different one you can
delete later.
That should do it.
Mark
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