Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 03:52:00 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Peter Benjamin <bvirtual@westworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Migrating passwd from 2.2.X to 3.2 method needed Message-ID: <19990914035200.A71293@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990913161909.0365c930@mail.westworld.com>; from Peter Benjamin on Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:31:45PM -0700 References: <4.1.19990913161909.0365c930@mail.westworld.com>
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:31:45PM -0700, Peter Benjamin wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 3.2 by installing it from scratch > onto a new system. That worked fine. The old FreeBSD 2.2.7 box > has 20+ userid accounts and passwords I wish to have on the new > box. Simply copying the /etc files over is not working. > > /etc/passwd > /etc/group > /etc/master.passwd > /etc/spwd.db > > Is there an easy way to migrate the accounts from the FreeBSD > 2.2.7 box to the FreeBSD 3.2 box? > 1) Merge your saved /etc/group and /etc/master.passwd with ones in /usr/src/etc. 2) Run `pwd_mkdb -p <your_master_passwd>' > The pwd_mkdb command seems to have failed me as well. > Perhaps the master.passwd file format is different between > 2.2.X and 3.2? > No, just some system UIDs were added. What does `pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd' tell? -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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