Migration to OS6 : users and groups from OS 4 : #23902630

OS6 is quite different to OS4.

An advanced user could try a config backup from both, compare and update the OS6 files and zip up again (be sure to zip it up again correctly. If you zip e.g. CONFIG_BACKUP it will restore to /CONFIG_ BACKUP. You need to zip the contents e.g. "etc" to restore to the correct directories e.g. /etc

It could take some trial and error to get it right.

Hi,
indeed ...this broke the OS6 nas...I will restore original config.
OS4 had import/export of users from the security management tab.
I can't find this in OS6.

For the moment, it really feels very "abrupt" to migrate small move business environment from OS 4 to 6.
Data transfer is very simple with Rsync, and I can totally deal with the hurdle of moving data (worth it), but if users don't match, it's a very different ball game.

I wish Netgear understands the need for a migration assistant to fully replicate one OS4 NAS to a new OS6 NAS.

So far I like OS 6 file system (snapshots mostly) but I'm unhappy about Netgear lack of support for it's user base.

Hi again,
so I had to merge old and new files from a config backup (user & groups only) :
1) /etc/passwd (users), /etc/group (groups), /etc/shadow (user passwords), /etc/samba/smbpasswd (SAMBA password)
2) Rezip as original structure.
3) Restore to nas

After reboot, all was ok.

In any case and in order to (possibly) improve everybody's experience I logged a support case : #23902630

Adios.