K,
Thanks
I actually have a backup of the home directories so maybe I wont have to
recreate them.
Will this method also work for the smbpasswd file?
Joseph
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 11:26, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote:
> Cut and paste the passwd and shadow files (the parts that you need
> from the old into the new)
> then run a script to recreate the home directories like the one below:
>
> for i in $(awk -F: '{print $6}' /etc/passwd | grep home); do
> echo $i ; sleep 1 ; cd /etc/skel ; ls -al ;
> for n in $(ls -al); do
> echo "$n"
> mkdir -p .$i
> cp -rR $n .$i;
> done
> done
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 10:39, joseph mpora wrote:
> > I recently installed RedHat 9.0 (Publishers' edition). I would like to
> > import user account information from a backup of /etc/* from my previous
> > installation (redhat 7.2).
> >
> > I tried using kdiff3 (similar to sdiff) to merge the two files but there
> > are several conflicting (mainly system) accounts. I don't want to wreck
> > the fresh install!
> >
> > I didn't use the upgrade option because the publishers' edition doesn't
> > provide one
> >
> > Does anyone know of a method (or tool) that can acomplish this?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Joseph
> >
> >
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