Re: [Devil-linux-develop] upgrade-config

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> I just ran into a small problem with the upgrade of users/groups.
> Currently only the passwords of existing users get migrated.
> 
> This can (in my case did) cause problems, when other things got changed 
> like group memberships or home directories.

Can you be more specific on what users you are talking about?

Normal users, added after installation (tom/dick/harry) should have ALL
of their attributes moved including home directory, shell, etc.

Users in the default passwd file (root,bin,www,mail,fax,...) only have
their passwords migrated.  This is because only the stock user which has
rights to actually login is "root".  So, why is this a problem?  Did you
change root's home directory or shell?  Or are you using "bin" as a
login user? (shame on you! :)

> Should we just go ahead and plain-dumb copy the entire lines from the 
> passwd/shadow/group/gshadow files ?

No, please give more details of what the hell you're doing, and I'll
adjust accordingly.  :-)

 - BS