because I am not above asking...

[J.L.Francois]

How many users are we talking about?
Do you care about changing the passwords?

If so, you may want to look at:

man newusers

JLF Sends...

It seems like on Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 10:43:28AM -0700, George Toft scribbled:
Orig Msg> As long as you are not moving the passwords, yes.  It seems the 
Orig Msg> passwords are dependent upon position (based on experience where
Orig Msg> I tried to delete a user using vi on /etc/passwd, and every user
Orig Msg> after that position could no longer log in; I restored that user and
Orig Msg> all of the others could log in again).
Orig Msg> 
Orig Msg> George
Orig Msg> 
Orig Msg> 
Orig Msg> Craig White wrote:
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > I would love to know how to take a user list from one computer and move it
Orig Msg> > to another or more specifically, save the passwd file (obviously, the
Orig Msg> > passwords themselves would not go with) like it were smb.conf or firewall
Orig Msg> > scripts so I can reformat a hard drive and start over without recreating all
Orig Msg> > the users etc.
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > can I join the users/groups starting with 500 from an 'old' passwd file to a
Orig Msg> > newly created one?
Orig Msg> > 
Orig Msg> > Craig
Orig Msg> > 

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