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Re: add users



On  0, Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>     "Rob" == Rob Weir <rweir@softhome.net> writes:
> 
>     Rob> On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:04:48PM +0200, dizma wrote:
>     >> I've just finished with the new machine configuration.  I there
>     >> a simple way to move the existing user from the old machine to
>     >> the new one?
> 
>     Rob> You could cut'n'paste their entry from /etc/passwd and
>     Rob> /etc/group, or you could just use 'adduser <username>' to
>     Rob> create a new one.
> 
> This will work unless you picked shadow password support and/or MD5
> hash and your old system did not support one or both of these.
> 
> You best bet is to use adduser if this is the case as Rob suggests. 

Probably best to make sure you give them the same uids, too.

Tom
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