Re: [gentoo-server] Can I move /etc/passwd to new server?

[Karl Zander]

Thanks Marcus.

Ok, cutting and pasting /etc/passwd sounds easier for 
user/machine accounts.

I use tdbsam so I assume I move

/var/lib/samba/private/*.tdb  too.

What about .tdb files in

/var/cache/samba

There is bunuch of stuff like

account_policy.tdb
brlock.tdb
connections.tdb
etc.

Must it be moved or will it get recreated?

--Karl


On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:43:22 +0200
  Marcus Hallberg <marcus@××××××.se> wrote:
> Hi Karl!
>
> Just copy the relevant lines from /etc/passwd /etc/group
>/etc/shadow and merge into the files on the new server.
>
> You should be able to move relevant lines from
>/var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd to.
>
> /marcus
>
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>
>
> Karl Zander wrote:
>
>>
>> I have to move my SAMBA PDC to new hardware.  SAMBA uses
>>/etc/passwd
>> along with its own user database.
>>
>> Can I copy /etc/passwd from the old server to the new or
>>do I have to
>> create a new /etc/passwd matching the user info?  I
>>believe I need to
>> move /etc/group and /etc/shadow too.  Is there such a
>>thing and a
>> shadow group?
>>
>> What about root on the new server?  Will it have
>>problems if a new
>> /etc/passwd is dropped in on it?
>>
>> --Karl
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