I have an FC4 server that I'd like to convert over to CentOS 5. It's the
one machine that I have that has a lot of user accounts so I want
transfer the required /etc files rather than having to recreate the
accounts. Which files do I need besides /etc/passwd and /etc/group?

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General Schvantzkoph wrote:
> I have an FC4 server that I'd like to convert over to CentOS 5. It's the
> one machine that I have that has a lot of user accounts so I want
> transfer the required /etc files rather than having to recreate the
> accounts. Which files do I need besides /etc/passwd and /etc/group?

All their stuff in /home, /var/at, /var/cron, and anywhere else they may
have stored stuff.
/etc/shadow

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On Sat, 19 May 2007 15:06:16 +0000, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> General Schvantzkoph wrote: 
>
> All their stuff in /home, /var/at, /var/cron, and anywhere else they may
> have stored stuff.
> /etc/shadow

Thanks, it was /etc/shadow that I couldn't remember.

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General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Sat, 19 May 2007 15:06:16 +0000, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> 
>
> Thanks, it was /etc/shadow that I couldn't remember.

Also, don't forget /etc/gshadow.

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