On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> Greetings again. I'm kinda surprised that this isn't an FAQ, but... > > How do I move users and passwords from a current system to a new one? > Is it sufficient to move /etc/master.passwd and /etc/passwd, or are > there other things? > I always just copy over the files when no other process is using them. /etc/master.passwd /etc/passwd /etc/group I then run /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd on the new machine to generate the passwd databases. Try to look for a flag one can use with rsync to keep modification time, access time, file flags, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed by permissions... copied from man cp -p flag comment. m > I'm moving from an oldish 4.8 system to a brand new 4.9 system, and > want to have all the users set up on the new machine before I start > rsyncing everything over so that the users and groups come out right. > > --Paul Hoffman > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"