centos-bounces at centos.org wrote: > Kevin - > > When the time comes, I may need help in creating the command that > excludes the entries in owner, group, password and shadow tables for > "system" entries. > > Todd For starters, copy over the 5.4 files verbatim, and edit the home directory entries so /home/foo (or whatever they were under 5.4) becomes /mnt/5.4/home/foo (or however they'll be seen from the 5.5 system). This will be the value of $HOME and '~' for each user. People who have used absolute pathnames to their home directory (instead of $HOME or '~') have to fix their scripts. As you find time, 5.4 /home directories can be moved to 5.5, and the password file updated to change /mnt/5.4/home/foo becomes /home/foo again. The above blather assumes SELinux is not 'enforcing'. Insert spiffy .sig here: Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary parts. //me ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.Hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated**