Re: [CentOS] Moving users from Debian-based distro to CentOS

On 08/08/10 10:47 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:

I have a Debian machine with four users that I plan on migrating to CentOS. As per Debian habits the UIDs start with 1000.

Is it enough to reuse the Debian /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd files over? Or will I need to configure some other things? I had considered just creating four new users starting from UID 500 then chown -R -ing the user's home directories, but I find that invasive and possibly error prone (maybe there are files that are not owned by them).

All advice appreciated. Thanks.

why not use useradd with the -u uid option so they match?

don't forget groups, btw. -g, -G, and create the groups with the same GID's.