In that case use adduser to add all of the users and when that is done cut and paste the passwords from the /etc/shadow file. That will get them the appropriate uid and gid entries on the new machine and the same passwords from the old machine. On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 10:08, Kyle Faber wrote: > On Tuesday 15 April 2003 9:51 am, David Mandala wrote: > > Then create the home directories and you are off and running. If the > > machine is not a new build it could be much more complicated as you > > could have accounts already on the machine that use the same uid's and > > gids which is a no no. > > > > Its not a new build, and the uid/gid problem was exactly what I was warned > about. -- David IS Mandala gpg fingerprint 8932 E7EF CCF5 1B8C 1B5C A92E C678 795E 45B2 D952 Phoenix, AZ (480) 460-7545 HP, (602) 741-1363 CP http://www.them.com/~davidm/