[ILUG] importing accounts

From: cnb at domain eircom.net
Date: Fri 10 Aug 2001 - 00:14:22 IST

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I'm needing to move all the user accounts from one server to another. I've
been told that I can copy the human user data from /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow from the old server into the respective file on the new (even
thought I'm not even quite sure how to do that either).
Then copy over the home directories. Then someone else said that wouldn't
work.
Anybody know the best way of doing it. There are a few hundred accounts,
some being shell, most being passwd.

Thanks

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