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?
Thanks,
D.
probably not with a so old distro. Not sure if the UID are still the same. Do they begin at 1000 like today or 500 like before? if 1000, you can save /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /home
jdd
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