8 Apr
2011
8 Apr
'11
2:53 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Erik Huelsmann ehuels@gmail.com wrote:
Remaining questions:
- how to migrate the users password and other secure data
I would assume that the password file formats have not changed, so I would assume that the files can just be copied over.
- related: how to we bridge the gap between the time of the migration
of the user account data (/etc/passwd and /etc/group) and the migration of the last service
You could make the password related files immutable on one box and have password changes only be done on the other, then synchronize the password files from the master to the slave frequently. Frankly, I'd avoid that issue by telling users that passwords cannot be changed during the migration and make the migration phase short.
-Hans