topic Import password database into 11.23 in Operating System - HP-UX

Import password database into 11.23

Krish_4 — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:39:03 GMT

Hi,

We are migrating to 11.23 from 11.11 and setting our systems as trusted.

Is there any easy way to import unix accounts from 11.11 to 11.23?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Import password database into 11.23

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 30 May 2006 20:53:51 GMT

Copy /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and the /tcb tree. Make backups before doing the copies and as always when doing anything like this be logged in as root in at least two sessions so that you can get yourself out of trouble just as fast as you got yourself in.

I would use tar or cpio rather than rcp to do the copy operation so that file mode and ownserships are preserved.

You also need to take into account each user's home directory but hopefully everyone is under /home so this becomes easy.

Re: Import password database into 11.23

Krish_4 — Wed, 31 May 2006 10:08:32 GMT

Hi Clay,

The 11.11 system is not trusted currently, so there is no /tcb tree.

Thanks.

Re: Import password database into 11.23

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 31 May 2006 10:11:28 GMT

In that case, copy /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /home to the new box and then convert the system to trusted using SAM or directly using the tsconvert command.

Again, be logged in as root in at least two seesion before doing the copy and tsconvert.