Moving users from one Ec2 machine to another

Question

I have an Amazon Linux machine, where users log in and connect to other servers (Bastion server), now I have upgraded my Linux machine to.

How do I move all the users present in server1 to Server2

Things I have tried:

Please suggest what else I can do to get all users from Server1

Please explain in detail what's wrong with "Things I have tried"? What exactly did you do and why it does not work. — Marcin, Sep 08 '22 at 05:34
i have added the volumes to the new AL2 instance and i dont see users in /etc/passwd and also /home locations — Ricky Vijay, Sep 08 '22 at 05:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '22 at 06:00

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You should not create snapshots of the boot disk, since it contains the Operating System.

Instead, you should:

Start with the raw Amazon Linux 2 image
Create the new users in the Operating System. See: Add new user accounts with SSH access to an EC2 Linux instance
Copy the /usr/USERNAME directories from the old instance to the new instance

This will preserve the users' settings and SSH keys.

answered Sep 08 '22 at 06:00

John Rotenstein

thanks, John will try this and get back... – Ricky Vijay Sep 08 '22 at 06:05
What if i have 200 users in AL1, i need to create all again ? – Ricky Vijay Sep 08 '22 at 06:13
Might help: [How to move or migrate user accounts from old Linux server to a new Linux server](https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-move-migrate-user-accounts-old-to-new-server/) – John Rotenstein Sep 08 '22 at 06:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '22 at 05:36

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copied all the main files, passwd, group, and shadow files from etc and rebooted it worked.

answered Sep 12 '22 at 05:36

Ricky Vijay

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