> > i recently installed redhat 7.3 and we have 25 users > > only but in future going to increase. i want to backup > > users so that when ever server get crash and just > > reinstall my server and recover this users backup > > file. which files do i need backup.? /etc/passwd file > > is enough.? > > > > thanks, > > Kumar. > > /etc/passwd > /etc/group > /etc/shadow > /etc/gshadow > > Those 4 will get you the user info but you'll still have to recreate home > directories etc. You would be best to use a script to recreat > user accounts > by extracting the usernames etc from these files as opposed to > just replacing > the existing ones and trying to get the environments and > everything in place. > The tricky part with that would be to create a unique password > for each user > and communicate that to them (securely). The shadow file would > contain the > passwords but unless you have a good understanding of what you're > doing in > there, you can break things. > Hi Kumar and Pete Pete, why would you not backup the home directories along with the /etc files you mentioned? (plus any system wide environment files you have in place like /etc/profile or whatever). That way after a OS reinstall you just put the /etc files in place, the /home dirs, and do not have to recreate passwords, homedirs, and environments? Even though you have a good point that unless you have a good understanding of wat you're doing in the shadow file, you could break things, i think it's easier to understand how to restore files than to create scripts to extract user information, recreate users, create new passwords, securely transmit to users new passwords , and recreate environments. Just curious Ben Y -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
