Thanks to everyone who responded, I did as below and it saved a great deal of time.. Chris -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Chad C. Walstrom Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:46 AM To: 'TCLUG Mailing List' Subject: Re: [TCLUG] /etc/passwd etc... On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 07:34:12AM -0500, Christopher wrote: > I am replacing a RH7.0 server with a Fedora C1 server, I was > wondering, could I just use scp to copy the Current /etc/passwd > /etc/group to the new server? Limit what you migrate to non-system accounts (i.e. user accounts). Make sure you grab the corresponding shadow files as well, or use the appropriate tools to un-shadow them (i.e. pwconv). -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list