Upgrading the distribution and saving the user profiles/passwords
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Upgrading the distribution and saving the user profiles/passwords
Dear All,
I am using FC5, and was considering an upgrade to FC6. However, I would like to save the user profiles, and want to avoid asking the users to change passwords. Could you advise me on the process to migrate users and passwords? Do I just move the home folders, /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or would the hash values not match?
Distribution: Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2, Windows 2003 Server/Vista/7/XP/2000/NT/98, Ubuntux64, CentOS4.8/5.4
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Since you're using the same distro, I would assume you can just copy directly the /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd/ and /etc/group file, along with the /home, and overwrite the originals. I'm sure there's some way to append the files , but I do not know how.
I read that you should FIRST copy the /etc/group file, then go ahead and copy the rest.
Since you're using the same distro, I would assume you can just copy directly the /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd/ and /etc/group file, along with the /home, and overwrite the originals. I'm sure there's some way to append the files , but I do not know how.
I read that you should FIRST copy the /etc/group file, then go ahead and copy the rest.
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