Re: User Migratiom

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Author: Jeremy C. Reed
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Subject: Re: User Migratiom
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Devin Rankin wrote:

> My question is, what files/folders do I need to copy over to the new box to be
> sure its a transparent move to the users? ? Their home directories for sure. ?
> But where are the passwords kept? ?What do I need to copy to be sure and get
> it all?


Merge in entries from /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group.

Check your user crontabs (maybe /var/spool/cron/, user mail spools (maybe
/var/spool/mail/), at jobs, etc.

Jeremy C. Reed

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