Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:22:12 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Ivan Rambius Ivanov <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to backup the users Message-ID: <20080128162212.GB55741@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740801270759l780e08aaw16710154bf1debe6@mail.gmail.com> References: <89ce7f740801270759l780e08aaw16710154bf1debe6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 05:59:18PM +0200, Ivan Rambius Ivanov wrote: > Hello, > > I am running a small FreeBSD server and I have a a couple of users > ssh'ing to it. I want to wipe the server out and reinstall FreeBSD on > it, but I want to preserve the users' credentials. Can you please > advise me how to back them up? Just use dump(8) to back up the filesystem with the user home directories and also back up where-ever you have the /etc/... file tree. It is all in /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/master.passwd, plus wherever you put home directories. ////jerry > > Thank you in advance. > > Regards > Rambius > > -- > Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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