How to transfer users from one server ( HP-UX 11 ) to another

[yizhi wang]

Hello,
I wonder if any of you could tell me how I can transfer users setup from one HP-UX server to another. They are both non-trust system.
Can I simplly copy /etc/passwd and /etc/group and /home directory.


Thanks a lot.
yizhi wang

[Sundar_7]

Yes, on a non-trusted system things are simple and this is all you have to do.

[Jeff_Traigle]

Depends if there are users on the other system already. If not, then copying what you stated will do the trick. If there are existing users, then you'll want to take special steps to merge the password and group files instead of simply copying over what's there.

[Jim Mallett · Accepted solution]

You can copy the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files over. You definitely want to do you homework first.

Is the system you are copying to new? If there are existing users on the new system be sure you are not bringing over UIDs/GIDs that already exist.

Also be sure that all the system accounts have the same UID/GID information.

ps.. Have a root session open on the new machine when you do the copy. That way you can do a pwck and grpck.

Jim

[yizhi wang]

Thank you all for your quick response.
Yes. The server I am copying to is a new server.

yizhi