OT: Linux passwd/shadow files

[Koen Teugels]

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password, group and shadow manual added users should be enough.

Koen

Rodney Green wrote:

> David Ballengee wrote:
>
>> yes
>>
>> just copy the actual users.
>>
>> leave all the "system users alone"
>>
>>
>>
>> Rodney Green wrote:
>>
>>> Rodney Green wrote:
>>>
>>>> Denis Beauchemin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Rodney Green wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to copy the passwd and shadow passwd files from one
>>>>>> Linux
>>>>>> machine to another to duplicate the user accounts from one server
>>>>>> on the
>>>>>> other? It's something I haven't done before and was wondering if it
>>>>>> would just work. I need to setup a temp mail server so I can work
>>>>>> on the
>>>>>> production mail server without interrupting service.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rod,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure can do.  But make sure the 2 boxes have the same Linux release
>>>>> because some accounts do change from time to time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd also recommend rebooting the server after swapping the
>>>>> passwd/shadow
>>>>> files... just in case...
>>>>>
>>>>> Denis
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Denis! Both machines have the same Linux release so I'm good to
>>>> go with that. This will be a lot easier than having to setup all of
>>>> the
>>>> accounts on the temp server.
>>>>
>>>> Rod
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Denis,
>>>
>>> I copied the shadow and the passwd files, just those two files, to the
>>> temp server and rebooted. I wasn't able to logon after that. I ran the
>>> Red Hat rescue and restored the original passwd and shadow files and
>>> can
>>> now logon again. Were there other files that needed to be copied too?
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Rod
>>>
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> Okay, I see. Thanks David!
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