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Originally posted by tamemi
Dear Guys ,
I have some Questions , i need to have answeres for .
1. now if i took a back up for /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow , like simple copy .. and Install a new system , and paste those two files to the new system ... are the passwords and user info. going to work ?? is it posibble ?
Mou
No, it will not generally work. Each user entry in the password file has a directory and the directories will not (likely) exist nor will the permissions match the user and group IDs, etc. (major problem) Nor will the 'dot files' exist that users need (minor problem, but can be annoying to users).
Don't forget, the login shells must match, etc. (could be major problem)