Possibly, it's probably be a good idea to unshadow your password+group
files, migrate them over and then reshadow them.

Josh

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Jay Kline wrote:

> Someone correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the crypt() function do some
> seeding which will not allow the same shadow file to exist on more than one
> machine (or 2 different installs on the same machine)?  I could be way off
> in left field on this, but I thought that was part of the reason shadow was
> more secure.
>
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Michael Town
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:22 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] Distro Switching - What files to back up?
>
>
> Hey guys,
> I'm planning on switching my server from Mandrake 7.1 to a Debian potato
> box.  At the moment, my server is acting as: Email server, Web server,
> File server, Domain controller, FTP server (non-annonymous), Primary DNS,
> and firewall (well, NAT anyway).
>
> My question is: which files will I need to back up to make the switch as
> seamless as possible?  My /Home directory is a separate partition, so I'm
> safe there (I think).  What I know for sure is my /root user directory,
> along with my apache and samba config files.  Also my passwd, shadow and
> groups files.  I'm also guessing the /etc/sysconfig directory (at least
> the network files)
>
> I know I'm missing some, I just can't for the life of me remember what
> they are.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike Town
> shadow at shadowmaster.org
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