hi
We have a client (Running rhel as 3.0 u2) with a server hosting webpages & email
for several virtual domains. This server has a very low configuration so We'd like to move everything to a new server with beter resourses interms of cpu and ram . Moving the webpages is not a problem,but is there an easy way to move the user accounts without having to recreate them twice (once onto the them server & then again back to the main
server)? . And how should i move there mail boxs ????? Any info or link to a HowTO would be most appreciated.

The client is using squirrelmail

It's straightforward - unlike Windows user accounts are very simple. If you are using local accounts then a user account is just a line in three files (/etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow), a home directory and probably a mailbox file in /var/spool/mail.

You can copy the lines that relate to the user accounts from the three /etc files in the old system to a copy of the files on the new system. Then replace the files on the new system with your edited versions.

Then create home directories, transfer the files with SSH, and reset permissions. You can write a shell script to do these.

hi
thanks
it is working
i just copied
etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow for all users > 501
and the /home directories with all permisions it is working
thanks