Transferring users

[George Toft]

Kyle Faber wrote:
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> Hello!
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>         I am trying to determine the best way to effectively copy the /=
etc/passwd
> file from one machine to another.  I have read that you can not do this=
 by
> merely copying the associated files, but is there some method I can use=
 to
> accomplish this idea?
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> THANKS!
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I'm glad nobody told me that when I migrated 1800 users on 50 servers
from one data farm to another.

Yes, you can copy /etc/passwd, et. al., but you need to make sure they
use the same hashing algorithms.

George
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