Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:48:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> To: Efren Bravo <efrenba@yahoo.es> Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Restore OS user, help!!! Message-ID: <20060927124643.I75250@bravo.pjkh.com> In-Reply-To: <20060927172641.46455.qmail@web25225.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20060927172641.46455.qmail@web25225.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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> I've installed a new freeBSD server and my > question is if I copy the /home/* files and > /etc/passwd file, then I restart it, the server > assume all the users declared into the passwd > file or should I do something else? You'll also want to copy over... /etc/group /etc/master.passwd /etc/spwd.db /var/mail/ /var/cron/tabs (there might be some others, but I think that should do it. man passwd to see what other files it mentions) And make sure when you copy /home/* you preserve permissions... -philip
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