Transfering user acount/E-mail Account to new box

[Toto Gamez]

Thanks guys,
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob McClure Jr 
  To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:21 AM
  Subject: Re: Transfering user acount/E-mail Account to new box


  On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 08:54:15AM +0800, Toto Gamez wrote:
  > Hi 
  > I want to tranfer all user/email account from RH72 box to a newly installed RHFC box, what files and directories do I have to backup and tranfer so that I will not create the same account to my new box and creating again their password
  > 
  > TIA

  Off the top of my head (not much up there :-);

  /home/
  /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and /etc/group (uids/gids >= 500 only)
  /var/spool/mail/

  This assumes you have no Samba password files.

  What did I miss?

  Cheers,
  -- 
  Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
  robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
  Grace happens.




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