there is no problem in the order. only thing is the folder of home directory and mail boxes should be properly restored with the same permissions and ownership . On Thursday 07 May 2009 19:44, Dan Carl wrote: > d 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?