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Date:      Sun, 24 May 1998 00:02:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Generating a master.passwd from pwd.db?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980524000152.9142f-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980521004932.522A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>

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On Thu, 21 May 1998, Alex wrote:

> As the subject alluded to, I'm curious if there's some way to (easily) 
> generate passwd and master.passwd files from their respective databases. 
> I've trashed the master.passwd accidentally, and while I have a backup,
> I'd like to know if there's some way to fix this if sometime I
> accidentally zap the backup file too. 

Not from the database files, which should be construed as a security
feature.  AFAIK.

Don't forget about /var/backup.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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