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<font size="2">maybe this can work for you:
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<br />http://easy-technologies.com/rhel3_upgrade.pdf
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From: "simon" <mailadmin@baladia.gov.kw>
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To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos@centos.org>
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Sent: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:59:41 +0400 (ADT)
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Subject: [CentOS] migrating users from linux to centos
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<br />> Dear All,
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I have been running linux 9 server as a dns and mail server and is workin
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fine..
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i want to install CENTOS 5 with all the latest mail server software and
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bind as well as all the libraries on another machine whic is already done
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also the data is backed up and will be tranferred.
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but i would like to know
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i have about existing 100 mail users
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how could i tranfer these usernames and passwrd to the new CENtos 5 server ..
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if i copy the /etc/passwd from my linux server it gonna overite my centos5
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/etc/passwd file as there r new users n also new groups create when i
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installed centos5 n software
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also i see that the /etc/shadow has only read permisson for root so cant
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be over written
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is there a way i cd possiblly have the existing users with thier password
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on centos5 so i dont have to ask them for their passwords n create all
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users again
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appreciat ur help
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Thanks and regards
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simon
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