RE: Off topic- UNIx question

From: Shawn Ferris <Shawn.Ferris_at_twtelecom.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:08:34 -0600
Message-Id: <10586.114392@fatcity.com>

> or simply cutpaste old entries into new /etc/paswd , /etc/shadow,
> /etc/group ..
> that would work .. right unix SA's ??

Yup.. This should work just fine. I did it from Sequent to Sun without problem. If for some reason the passwords don't work you could also just copy the /etc/passwd and /etc/group to the new system and do a 'pwconv' to reconcile the entries in passwd to shadow. (This won't set their password though, you'd have to do that some other way.. I had once thought passmgmt or usermod would do this, but now I'm not seeing it)

SAFETY ADVISE: Check that you can re-login from a different terminal and be sure NOT to log out of your current session where you made the changes. It'll save you from having to boot from cd to restore the passwd info upon failure. (MAKE BACKUP COPIES OF ALL THREE FILES BEFORE BEGINNING) Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 13:08:34 CDT