On 8/26/2010 12:40 PM, Todd Cary wrote: > I am currently running CentOS 4 and want to install CentOS 5. > To do that, I plan to install a new HD in my server box onto > which CentOS will be installed. I will then copy the "home" > directory from the old drive or from a backup on a USB drive, > however I am not sure how to handle the Users/Passwords from the > old installation. > > Many thanks... > > Todd > > I used this howto a year or 2 ago and it worked great for me. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-move-migrate-user-accounts-old-to-new-server/