Migrating to another system, would like to keep user settings and profiles..

BxBoy · 07-30-2003, 10:13 PM

Hi, I'm migrating to a different system/distro, but I would like to keep the user settings, like their password, home directory, etc..

is there an easy way to do it?

raylpc · 07-30-2003, 10:39 PM

just keep the home directory and /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
if the home directory is not a separate partition, use tar to back it up.

BxBoy · 07-31-2003, 11:26 PM

even if the distro is different?

raylpc · 07-31-2003, 11:29 PM

there seems to be no problem for me to migrate from Redhat to SuSE then back to Redhat. All settings are preserved.