How to preserve users in new install?

romildo_at_uber.com.br
Date: 05/31/04

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    Hello.

    Currently I have Fedora Core 1 installed in my computer,
    and I want to install Fedora Core 2. The problem isi
    that I want to keep the same users that there is now.
    Is there a way of backing up what users exists now and
    their private data, and restore them after installation?

    Note that I do not want an upgrade, but a new install
    of the OS.

    Is it enough to backup /etc/{group,passwd,shadow} and
    /home/* before installation, and restore them afterwards?
    Will the users will be back and functional after that?

    Romildo 

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