transfering accounts
Hi, I have an old RH6.0 box from which I'd like to export all the accounts to a brand new SuSE 7.2 box. here's the method I'd like to apply : Create the accounts with yast copying the /etc/passwd file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2 Copying the /etc/shadow file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2 Most of the accounts are customers accounts and I don't have all the passwd, so I don't want to miss one thing.... Regarding roots and internal accounts, everything is ok, I have the passwds.... Is the process correct, is it enough ? is there a simpler way to do this all ? Thanx Stephane
Hi,
I have an old RH6.0 box from which I'd like to export all the accounts to a brand new SuSE 7.2 box. here's the method I'd like to apply :
Create the accounts with yast copying the /etc/passwd file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2 Copying the /etc/shadow file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2
Most of the accounts are customers accounts and I don't have all the passwd, so I don't want to miss one thing.... Regarding roots and internal accounts, everything is ok, I have the passwds....
Is the process correct, is it enough ? is there a simpler way to do this all ?
Not quite. Remove the first lines containing system owned users from both the passwd and shadow file and append the rest to the SuSE files. A simple copy will not work flawlessly: The numerical userIDs of system users are not normed in any way except for the fact that the number must be below 100.
Thanx Stephane
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* Roman Drahtmueller wrote on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:53 +0200:
copying the /etc/passwd file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2 Copying the /etc/shadow file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2
Additionally, cp /etc/group and /etc/gshadow (if used).
A simple copy will not work flawlessly: The numerical userIDs of system users are not normed in any way except for the fact that the number must be below 100.
Same for gids. Remove/"Merge" Entries with low gids (system groups). I would remove the gids<user from the "old" group, and then append that file to the new one (same for other files). Keep care that you don't get double entries!! oki, Steffen -- Dieses Schreiben wurde maschinell erstellt, es trägt daher weder Unterschrift noch Siegel.
----- Original Message ----- From: stephane parenton <sparenton@experia.com> To: suse secure <suse-security@suse.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: [suse-security] transfering accounts
Hi,
I have an old RH6.0 box from which I'd like to export all the accounts to a brand new SuSE 7.2 box. here's the method I'd like to apply :
Create the accounts with yast copying the /etc/passwd file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2 Copying the /etc/shadow file from RH6.0 to SuSE 7.2
Most of the accounts are customers accounts and I don't have all the passwd, so I don't want to miss one thing.... Regarding roots and internal accounts, everything is ok, I have the passwds....
Is the process correct, is it enough ? is there a simpler way to do this all ?
Thanx Stephane
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the solution to your problem is to create the accounts with a script in your new box with the command useradd -m -s /bin/bash (or any shell you like) username and then you can transfer your passwords from you RH box's shadow to your SUSE it's boring but it works i 've use this method recently to transfer the accounts jim :)
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