How do I migrate user accounts from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to version 3 or 4?

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Migrating user accounts is not an easy task. You would have to make sure that file ownerships remain intact and passwords and group memberships remain the same. Files to consider would be, for example, their home directories and emails.

The good thing with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 is that they have similarities with the way they handle user accounts. Users that are added to th...

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