Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:18 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: dave <dave@asylum.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Migrating users to new version and hard disk Message-ID: <3B52F066.1F536A4E@i-clue.de> References: <200107141803.SAA28842@asylum.org>
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dave schrieb: > > Hi, > > I've reinstalled and rebuilt my server migrating from freebsd 3.1-->4.3. > I have about 40 users and their home directories that I need to > move onto the new hardrive. Does anyone have a simple recipe > to do this without having to create all the old accounts on the > new installation? - Synchronize the new /etc/group file to the old one - Copy the old accounts lines into the new box _using_vipw_. - tar the users home directories over. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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