On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Adam Lang wrote: > what do you mean by "trim"? I do not include any system account info (typically uid less than 100 ) from passwd, shadow, group, and gshadow. I then concantenate that info into the respective files on the new server. > ----- 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
