[CLUE-Talk] user accounts

[Batalden, Eric]

Jeremiah Stanley wrote:
> 
> What is the best way to move user accounts (email/shell) to another
> machine? I am assuming that I can tar up their directories but how do I
> preserve their permissions, is that a switch in the tar command?


the "tar" trick mentioned earlier is detailed in "Linux Journal" this month.
it tells you what to type and what the switches mean.  i don't have the
Journal with me so i don't have a page reference.  it is a blurb at the
bottom of one of the pages, not part of an article.

hope this helps

E