copy /home and users

[holdahl]

To copy /home and users from one aix server to another, do you have to do something else than mount /home on the other server (then copy the content to local /home) and copy /etc/password ?

-holdahl

 

[vodkadrinker]

if you're moving to a brand new system with no users created yet you can simply move the following files to the new box from the old box (please create backup files at the destination before the copy):

/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/security/passwd
/etc/security/group

Then backup their home directories and restore them at the new box.
Using SSH it can be this easy:



Code:
tar cvf - /home/user1 | ssh newserver " ( cd /home/user1 ; tar xvf - ) "
Also don't forget their cronjobs. These are located in /var/spool/cron/crontabs on AIX.

 

[vodkadrinker]

Another thing to do once you have moved the files over is run the following commands to clear up any discrepancies:

usrck -t ALL
pwdck -t ALL
grpck -t ALL

 

[holdahl]

Thanks for answers.

-holdahl