Re: [cobalt-users] Will copying password files work???

[Jim Popovitch <jimpop@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrie,

Are you stating, point blank, that Hisham's advice (as he wrote) will
not work?  I do this all the time, it makes sense for me (and other
commoners I know).

-Jim P.

--- Carrie Bartkowiak <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > PLEASE don't guestion other's answers like that unless you have
> tested
> > all possible situations and know for sure that doing them as
> suggested
> > WON'T work.  I know for a fact that Hisham's advise works, on
> Cobalts
> > and on UNIX systems in general.
> >
> > Flame away, but I stand solid in my knowledge of UNIX, Linux, and
> > Cobalts.
> 
> No flaming at all -- just some common sense.
> If Glenn is going to use the CMU utility to migrate his sites, or if
> he does them by hand and doesn't put the sites/users onto the new
> server in the *exact* order in which they exist on the old one, along
> with the *exact* features/settings enabled/disabled - then the passwd
> and shadow files will be vastly different.
> 
> If the RaQ4 has users that the RaQ3 doesn't have - for example, if
> he's installed the MySQL package and now has a mysql user - then
> copying over the new server's files with the old server's files will
> screw things up. In this example, the mysql user would suddenly
> disappear from the radar, as its entries in passwd and shadow would
> be
> overwritten/deleted.
> 
> I do know for a fact that my method (simply copying the password
> itself) works, is safe, and does not delete any users the new machine
> may have in place... no matter what differences are between the old
> RaQ3 and the new RaQ4.
> 
> Can you guarantee Hisham's advice will work, not knowing the
> differences between Glenn's two machines?
> I don't think you can, there are far too many "ifs" to consider.
> 
> I don't need to flaunt my knowledge or lack thereof, I simply rely on
> common sense. Besides, I don't have a penis so I can't do any
> dick-wagging. *big grin*
> 
> CarrieB
> 
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