On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 21:45 +0200, Danesh Daroui wrote:
Thanks for the answer. Yes UID starts from 1000 in OpenSuSE 10.3. Well, it is not that old, but are you sure just by backing up /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /home everything will be as it was on the old server, even on the new server? How usernames will be transferred? What is "shadow" file?
D.
On 2010-06-21 16:46, jdd-gmane wrote:
Le 21/06/2010 16:31, Danesh Daroui a écrit :
Hi,
I would like to upgrade my server which runs OpenSuSE 10.3 to the latest version. I wanted to know is it possible to have a backup of all users, passwords and all home directories, so when I install new OS, just simply transfer all data of users to the new system?
I would back those up. HOWEVER, I would only add back in the new /etc files the users I want to keep. I would not in any way overwrite the system users in these files. Also, I would be sure the group names have not changed. Like dialout vs. uucp. Just to be safe. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org