Re: add users

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "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. 

Cheers!
Shyamal