Re: how do i move all users from slakware to debian?
On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 06:36:19PM +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
: i am just moving our server on a new machine running debian,
: unfortunately i do not know exactly on how to passon easily my users from
: the old slackware machine to the new one, the new one having shadow
: passwords.... thus i assume i can't just copy the old passwd file to the
: new location...
On the new machine: /usr/sbin/shadowconfig off .
Now put the passwd file from the old machine in the /etc/passwd of the new
machine, beware of any double UID's etc.
Now issue /usr/sbin/shadowconfig on .
Cheers,
-Remco
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