[Fedora] Re: Upgrading old RH server

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> There's no way to convert the passwords automatically as the hashes used are
> not reversible by design (otherwise it would just be cheap obfuscation and
> add no real security).
>   
    Considering the old method seems to work just fine on FC10, what 
could I be breaking if I just do that?  Do a clean FC10 install, then 
recover the pertinent files from backup, including that /etc/shadow file 
which has everyone's current passwords.

    Sooner or later, everyone will have their password expire and it 
becomes a moot point, but till then, can I expect things to run fine?