Yes, that of course is essential.  This is usually achievable if you  
create the users in the same order as you did when you first created  
the accounts.  I don't think this is the best solution though, I  
would either create the accounts with a script (difficult) or just  
upgrade the machines with a package-based NetInstall set.  It doesn't  
scale well, but if scalability is a problem, you need to look at a  
directory service and network-based home directories to eliminate the  
need for an upgrade at all (simply reimage and not worry about user  
data).

Mike

On Dec 14, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Mark Guertin wrote:

> On 14-Dec-05, at 3:24 PM, Mike Bombich wrote:
>
>> Then do a restore in place.  This will give you a fresh system +  
>> User data.  It does *not* preserve user accounts, though, so you'd  
>> have to recreate those (or allow your users to do that using the  
>> same shortnames).  I've also seen some scripts that will create  
>> user accounts as post-actions, that could be a good solution.
>
> Is it not also important to make sure that the new user accounts  
> retain not only the same shortname, but also use the same UIDs ?
>
> Mark
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