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> i think the biggest factor to how simple this is going to be has > to do with what what was running on the old box being taken out > of commision. if they're both redhat, i believe* you should be > able to copy the related lines over. you'll also probably want > the related lines of /etc/group as well, and other than that you > shouldn't get too many headaches. just remember to preserve file > attributes when you tar/pax/rsync/whatever everything over. some basic > stuff i'd keep an eye out for: > > - overlapping/conflicting uids on the new system > - overlapping/conflicting gids on the new system > - changed gids for distribution-specified groups or users > - the existance of all the shells that the users use > - if the old box isn't redhat, differences in passwd/shadow formats I regularly copy user and group and shadow lines from a solaris 7 box to a debian 3.0 box and it works flawlessly. If you need a copy of the perl scripts, I can oblige. Fred Ollinger _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug