Re: How to preserve users in new install?
From: Kent Emia (kent-cdr_at_greendot.com.ph)
Date: 05/31/04
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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:54:51 +0800
On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 10:57, Christopher Stone wrote:
> OT: but why do you want to do a fresh install instead of just upgrading?
maybe he/she will shift to another distro which is one of my plans ..
can these be possible? especially if our server is using samba as our
PDC machine.. can i store the setup?
>
> On Sun, 30 May 2004 23:53:54 -0300, romildo@uber.com.br
> <romildo@uber.com.br> wrote:
> >
> > 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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