[lug] Moving Users

[Ian Hall-Beyer]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, MauroMedia wrote:

> What files do I need to copy to move users from one RedHat system to
> another?
> I would like to keep passwords the same.

Generally speaking, their home directory and /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
entries, unless you're using a centralized authentication scheme like NIS
or LDAP.

-Ian

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