From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 16:25:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D08116A419 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:25:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F4A13C4F6 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:25:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0SGMCTh055814; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:22:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m0SGMCNN055813; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:22:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:22:12 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Ivan Rambius Ivanov Message-ID: <20080128162212.GB55741@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <89ce7f740801270759l780e08aaw16710154bf1debe6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740801270759l780e08aaw16710154bf1debe6@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to backup the users X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:25:07 -0000 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"