Re: Changing systems
From: Henrik Motakef (usenet-reply_at_henrik-motakef.de)
Date: 11/13/03
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Date: 13 Nov 2003 00:21:20 +0100
Materialised <materialised@privacy.net> writes:
> > Im just wondering which files I need to copy over so my users
> > settings, and passwords remain the same as they currently are on the
> > server.
> I also forgot to mention that I would like to copy users crontabs over.
To restore the logins and passwords, you need the relevant lines of
/etc/(master.)passwd and /etc/group, assuming you don't use LDAP or
NIS or something. User crontabs are in /var/cron/tabs. Most other user
settings are stored in the home directories, but there might still be
some things in /etc that you should copy, depending on how you
configured your old system (login classes in /etc/login.conf come to
mind). But you'll have to compare /etc carefully anyway if you want
the to new server to behave like the old one anyway.
Some programs may have different ways to store per-user config, for
example database servers tend to store user and password information
in database tables themselves.
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