what do you mean by "trim"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Morse" <kgmorse@xxxxxxxx> To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:30 AM Subject: Re: Saving user accounts on reinstall > On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Adam Lang wrote: > > > I am looking to reinstall an email server. I want to keep my user accounts > > and passwords and transfer them to the new server. Is it as easy as copying > > /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and the /var/spool/mail directory? > > > Having just done this I'd include /etc/group and /etc/gshadow and don't > forget to trim the system accounts from the old files before adding to the > new ones. > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
