> 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. -- -=/>Thom