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----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [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 > -------- > As time goes by > in this give and take, > as long as I learn, > I will make mistakes. > - The Beastie Boys, "Just A Test" > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >