Date: 21 Feb 2001 10:26:44 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se Subject: Re: Moving userbase from a 4.0 -> 4.2 FreeBSD system Message-ID: <44wvakm4zv.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se's message of "21 Feb 2001 14:19:17 %2B0100" References: <01C09C11.1E58FF60.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se (Thomas Uhrfelt) writes: > I have purchased and installed a new box with all the applications we use > on our normal FBSD box. Now I want to switch out the old box in favor of > the new one, however I have one slight problem. How would I go about moving > all the useraccounts (including passwords, which I do not know myself) over > to the new system - so I don't have to give all the people new passwords. > Is it just a matter of moving the /etc/password file over in singleuser > mode or? Any help/instructions/hints would be much appriciated. /etc/password is not used by the system. You need to move over master.passwd and rebuild the dependent files with pwd_mkdb(8) [or, preferably, vipw(8)]. You will also, at a minimum, need to move (merge) over the groups file and the home directories. Depending on your needs, you should possibly also include the mail spool, crontabs, at jobs, and so on. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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