i want to duplicate about 700 users on a redhat box onto a new debian box
the prob here is that uids in redhat start at 500 and in debian at 1000
can i just get away with changing UID_MIN value in login.defs to 500 from 1000 or is there more..
or can i just copy over the passwd ,group and shadow file over and leave it off.
i intend to rdist /home from the old server onto the new one and run them concurrently for a week.
just to test the new machine. I am going to export /home over nfs to the old box and have it as a pure
login box. the new machine is setup with raid 5 and is more or less ready to go...
i just need to sort out this prob with the uids..
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