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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Migrating all users from one linux server to another... Post 8394 by vancouver_joe on Wednesday 10th of October 2001 11:01:27 PM
Old 10-11-2001
Migrating all users from one linux server to another...
Hello,

I've been tasked with migrating users from one linux server to another new linux server. This is how I was thinking of doing it:

1.) Open up an NFS connection between the two servers, cp -Rp /home/ to the new server and then append the old /etc/group & /etc/passwd to the existing files on the new server.

2.) I'll double check to see that no UID or GID will conflict, if so I'll deal with those problems on a one on one basis.

However, my problem is that many of my users are running httpd in their home directories, so when I migrate their accounts over, their daemons won't work. So, how do I fix this without having to re-install & configure 75 apaches? Is there a script out there that I don't know about. Have any of you done this before, and if substantially different or better than what I'm advocating, please advise.

Thanks.

VJ
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

vino-preferences

vino-preferences(1)						   User Commands					       vino-preferences(1)

NAME

       vino-preferences - remote desktop configuration

SYNOPSIS

       vino-preferences [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       vino-preferences  is  the  configuration  dialog for remote desktop server.  vino-preferences provides a GUI to configure options of remote
       desktop server, include view-only mode and control mode for desktop sharing. And it also be used to configure the security mode and specify
       user password.

       There  are  some  check boxes in vino preferences dialog. the four check boxes are divided into 2 groups: Sharing and Security. The Sharing
       group controls if the server allow other users to view your desktop and if the server allow other users to control your desktop.  The Secu-
       rity  group  control what kind of security method the server will take when there is a remote request. Vino server can be configured to ask
       user confirm every time there is a connection request, and the server also can be configured to require users to provide password  for  the
       remote access. A password editbox is provided to input server password. This password will be saved in gnome keyring.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Start the vino preferences dialog from command line

       example% vino-preferences

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

	    /usr/bin/vino-preferences

	    The executable file for the vino preferences application.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-remote-desktop	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       vino-passwd(1), vino-server(1), attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Steven Zhang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006, 2007.

       Updated by Halton Huo, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    15 Aug 2008 					       vino-preferences(1)
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