Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:35:15 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Mark <mw@lanfear.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying users Message-ID: <20010830193515.A26392@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <000a01c13177$5c05d580$0200000a@redmond.corp.microsoft.com> References: <000a01c13177$5c05d580$0200000a@redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:15:25AM -0700, Mark wrote: > > > Hello! > > I'm trying to copy users from one FreeBSD server running 3.4 to > another running 4.3. > > Just copying the lines from /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd > seems to set everything up correctly -- except for passwords -- I can > never get the old one to work on the new machine. > > can this be done, or has the format changed, and I'm just > screwed? > > thanks, > mark. You probably forgot to rebuild the .db files from which the information is actually taken. Solution: Use vipw(8) to edit /etc/master.passwd. vipw will automatically rebuild all the other files when you are finished. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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