[CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine

Thom Paine wrote:
>> if local users copy /home/* /etc/passwd /etc/shadow after first making sure
>> there are no dupes on new system
>>
>> as for mail - what format is tha mail box in?
>>
>> maybe as simple as copying /var/spool/something
>>
>> personally i like to use rsync for this as it keeps perms well if you ask it
>> to - your tool of choice is your call though
>>     
>
> I have no users on this box as of yet. It is a clean install of CentOS
> 5.3. The server only does email, as we have another server for domain
> control. I had thought I could just copy /home/* /etc/shadow and
> /etc/passwd and /var/spool/mail. Does it matter which file I copy
> first? Should I do passwd and shadow first? then do home, and leave
> /var/spool/mail to last?
>
> If I do it this way, will it keep all my users passwords as well?
>
> Thanks.
>   
Try this link, worked for me :-)
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-move-migrate-user-accounts-old-to-new-server/